Leydig cell

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Leydig cell - a cell in the testes that secretes the hormone testosterone

Leydig's cell

cell - (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals

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