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spermatic cord
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spermatic cord
n.
A cordlike structure, consisting of the vas deferens and its accompanying arteries, veins, nerves, and lymphatic vessels, that passes from the abdominal cavity through the inguinal canal down into the scrotum to the back of the testicle.
spermatic cord
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) a cord in many male mammals that passes from each testis to the abdominal cavity and contains the spermatic artery and vein, vas deferens, and lymphatics
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Noun1.spermatic cord - a structure resembling a cord that suspends the testis within the scrotum and contains the vas deferens and other vessels and nerves
funiculus - any of several body structure resembling a cord
ballock, bollock, testicle, testis, orchis, egg, ball, nut - one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away"
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Symptoms: Men: - Swelling in the scrotum (A pouch of skin that contains epididymides, lower portions of the spermatic cords and the testes).
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In a new study of about 200 boys ages 10 to 14, more than a quarter of those who played soccer for 10 or more hours a week had a varicocele - a varicose vein around one of the two spermatic cords, which sperm travel through from the testicles.
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