| testicle | <anatomy> One of two glandular bodies contained in the scrotum of the male, they form sperm and also the male sex hormone testosterone. (13 Jan 1998) |
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| incarceration | <surgery> Abnormal retention or confinement of a body part, specifically: a constriction of the neck of a hernial sac so that the hernial contents become irreducible. Origin: L. Incarceration, incarceratio, Fr. L. Incarceratus (13 Nov 1997) |
| incarceration symptom | Intermittent pain, sometimes with nausea and emesis, caused by intermittent proximal obstruction of ureter. Originally believed due to a mobile kidney that caused ureter to kink with positional changes. Synonym: incarceration symptom. (05 Mar 2000) |