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One of the essential male genital glands which secrete the semen.

To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter.

A testicle. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A thin muscle which serves to draw up the testicle.

A dowcet, or deep's testicle.

One of the testicles of a hart or stag. [Spelt also doucet.] B. Jonson.

An oblong vermiform mass on the dorsal side of the testicle, composed of numerous convolutions of the excretory duct of that organ. -- Ep`i*did"y*mal, a.

lary. Hydatid of Morgagni (Anat.), one of the small pedunculated bodies found between the testicle and the head of the epididymis, and supposed to be a remnant of the Müllerian duct.

r texture of the scrotum or in the coverings, especially in the serous sac, investing the testicle or the spermatic cord; dropsy of the testicle.

Inflammation of the testicles.

The operation of cutting out or removing a testicle by the knife; castration.

The part of the epididymis; or the corresponding part of the excretory duct of the testicle, which is derived from the Wolffian body.

Any solid tumor of the testicle.

The bag or pouch which contains the testicles; the cod.

To deprive of one testicle. -- Sem`i*cas*tra"tion,n.

An organ in which spermatozoa are developed; a sperm gland; a testicle.

ic fluid, the spermatic vessels, etc. Spermatic cord (Anat.), the cord which suspends the testicle within the scrotum. It is made up of a connective tissue sheath inclosing the spermatic duct and accompanying vessels and nerves.

One of the testes; a testicle. Shak.

To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly with a string, so that they mortify and slough off. [Prov. Eng.]

Having the testicles naturally concealed, as in the case of the cetaceans.