Meanings
plural vasa deferentia
- anatomyThe duct in the testicle that carries semen from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct.
“Do you love Alexa?” “Woah, I’m not a one-woman man.” Of course not, his vasa deferentia must be on call round-the-clock.
2008, Tibor Fischer, Good to Be God, Richmond, London: Alma Books, →ISBN, page 99Synonyms: ductus deferens, sperm duct, spermiduct, spermoduct, spermaduct
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe duct in the testicle that carries semen from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna duct that carries spermatozoa from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- New Latinvās dēferēns
- Englishvas deferens
From New Latin vās dēferēns, itself from vās (“vessel, duct”) + dēferēns (“carrying off”, present active participle of dēferō (“to carry off”)).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic قَنَاة مَنَوِيَّة
- قَنَاة مَنَوِيَّة (qanāh manawiyya)vas deferens
Bulgarian семепровод, семенно каналче
- семепровод (semeprovod)vas deferens
- семенно каналче (semenno kanalče)vas deferens
Catalan conducte deferent
- conducte deferentvas deferens
Chinese Cantonese 輸精管 /输精管
- 輸精管 /输精管vas deferens
Chinese Mandarin 輸精管 /输精管
- 輸精管 /输精管 (shūjīngguǎn)vas deferens
Czech chámovod
- chámovodvas deferens
Danish sædleder
- sædledervas deferens
Dutch zaadleider
- zaadleidervas deferens
Esperanto spermodukto
- spermoduktovas deferens
Estonian seemnejuha
- seemnejuhavas deferens
Finnish siemenjohdin
- siemenjohdinvas deferens
French canal déférent, conduit déférent
- canal déférentvas deferens
- conduit déférentvas deferens
- spermiductevas deferens
German Samenleiter
- Samenleitervas deferens
Hebrew צינור הזרע
- צינור הזרעvas deferens
Hungarian ondóvezető, ondóvezeték
- ondóvezetővas deferens
- ondóvezetékvas deferens
Icelandic sáðrás
- sáðrásvas deferens
Italian dotto deferente, vaso deferente
- dotto deferentevas deferens
- vaso deferentevas deferens
- canale deferentevas deferens
- deferentevas deferens
Japanese 精管, 輸精管
- 精管 (seikan)vas deferens
- 輸精管 (yuseikan)vas deferens
Korean 정관, 수정관
- 정관 (jeonggwan)vas deferens
- 수정관 (sujeonggwan)vas deferens
Latin vas deferens, ductus deferens
- vas deferensvas deferens
- ductus deferensvas deferens
Latvian sēklvads, sēklas vads
- sēklvadsvas deferens
- sēklas vadsvas deferens
Lithuanian sėklinis latakas
- sėklinis latakasvas deferens
Māori ara waitātea, ara tātea
- ara waitāteavas deferens
- ara tāteavas deferens
Persian مجرای وابران
- مجرای وابران (mejrây-e vâbarân)vas deferens
Polish nasieniowód
- nasieniowódvas deferens
Portuguese ducto deferente, canal deferente
- ducto deferentevas deferens
- canal deferentevas deferens
Romanian vas deferent
- vas deferentvas deferens
Russian семявынося́щий прото́к
- семявынося́щий прото́к (semjavynosjáščij protók)vas deferens
Slovak semenovod
- semenovodvas deferens
Spanish vaso deferente, conducto deferente
- vaso deferentevas deferens
- conducto deferentevas deferens
Swedish sädesledare
- sädesledarevas deferens
Tagalog anurang-punlay
- anurang-punlayvas deferens
Thai ท่อนำอสุจิ
- ท่อนำอสุจิ (tôr nam à-sù-jì)vas deferens
Turkish vas deferans, vas deferans kanalı
- vas deferansvas deferens
- vas deferans kanalıvas deferens
Ukrainian сі́м'явивідна́ прото́ка
- сі́м'явивідна́ прото́ка (símʺjavyvidná protóka)vas deferens
Cite this entry
vas deferens. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vas%20deferens
“vas deferens.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vas%20deferens. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vas deferens,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vas%20deferens.
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