seminal vesicle

/ˈsɛmɪnəl ˈvɛsɪkəl/

noun

One of two simple tubular glands located behind the male urinary bladder, responsible for the production of about sixty percent of the fluid that ultimately becomes semen.

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Meanings

nounseminal vesicle (plural seminal vesicles)

plural seminal vesicles

  1. anatomyOne of two simple tubular glands located behind the male urinary bladder, responsible for the production of about sixty percent of the fluid that ultimately becomes semen.

    Billy made a noise like a small, rusty hinge. He had just emptied his seminal vesicles into Valencia […]

    1969, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 5, in Slaughterhouse-Five, New York: Dial, published 2005, page 151

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
sperm sac

Translations

Arabic حُوَيْصِلَة مَنَوِيَّة
  • حُوَيْصِلَة مَنَوِيَّة (ḥuwayṣila manawiyya)seminal vesicle
Catalan vesícula seminal
  • vesícula seminalseminal vesicle
Chinese Mandarin 精囊
  • 精囊 (jīngnáng)seminal vesicle
Czech semenný váček
  • semenný váčekseminal vesicle
Danish sædblære
  • sædblæreseminal vesicle
Finnish rakkularauhanen, siittiörakkula
  • rakkularauhanenseminal vesicle
  • siittiörakkulaseminal vesicle
French vésicule séminale
  • vésicule séminaleseminal vesicle
German Bläschendrüse, Samenblase
  • Bläschendrüseseminal vesicle
  • Samenblaseseminal vesicle
  • Samenbläschenseminal vesicle
Hungarian ondóhólyag
  • ondóhólyagseminal vesicle
Icelandic sæðisblöðrungur, sáðblaðra
  • sæðisblöðrungurseminal vesicle
  • sáðblaðraseminal vesicle
  • sæðiskirtillseminal vesicle
Indonesian vesikula seminalis
  • vesikula seminalisseminal vesicle
Italian vescicola seminale
  • vescicola seminaleseminal vesicle
Japanese 精嚢
  • 精嚢 (seinō)seminal vesicle
Latin vesicula seminalis
  • vesicula seminalisseminal vesicle
Lithuanian sėklinė pūslelė
  • sėklinė pūslelėseminal vesicle
Malay vesikel semen
  • vesikel semenseminal vesicle
Portuguese vesícula seminal
  • vesícula seminalseminal vesicle
Russian семенно́й пузырёк
  • семенно́й пузырёк (semennój puzyrjók)seminal vesicle
Slovak semenný mechúrik
  • semenný mechúrikseminal vesicle
Spanish vesícula seminal, glándula seminal
  • vesícula seminalseminal vesicle
  • glándula seminalseminal vesicle
Swedish sädesblåsa
  • sädesblåsaseminal vesicle
Tagalog punlayan
  • punlayanseminal vesicle
Cite this entry
APA

seminal vesicle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seminal%20vesicle

MLA

“seminal vesicle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seminal%20vesicle. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seminal vesicle,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seminal%20vesicle.

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