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testis

noun

  1. internal organ used in the male reproductive system
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin testis.

  1. A testicle of a vertebrate.

    In the Middle Ages, for instance, a recipe for sex stimulation required the putrefied flesh of a human corpse, together with both human and animal testes and ovaries, pimento, and alcohol.

  2. An analogous gland in invertebrates such as the hydra.