| testis |
The male gonad, located normally in the scrotum. Produces the hormone testosterone as well as the male germ cells, or spermatozoa. Interchangeable with testicle. Plural: testes.
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| testicular sperm extraction |
Dissection into the testis itself, in men with azoospermia due to maturation arrest, to recover (by
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| testes |
Plural of testis.
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| testicle |
Diminutive of testis: the terms are interchangeable.
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| testicular feminization |
A state of intersex in which the karyotype is male (ie 46,XY), the gonads are testes (hence also male), but the body is completely unresponsive to testosterone and to its metabolite dihydrotestosterone, so it develops in the female way, with a normal vulva and vagina apparent at birth, and with normal development of the breasts at puberty. Because the testes still secrete anti-M?lerian hormone, there
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