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vas deferens
(redirected from Ductus deferentes)

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vas deferens: see reproductive system reproductive system, in animals, the anatomical organs concerned with production of offspring. In humans and other mammals the female reproductive system produces the female reproductive cells (the eggs, or ova) and contains an organ in which development of the fetus
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; vasectomy vasectomy, male sterilization by surgical excision of the vas deferens, the thin duct that carries sperm cells from the testicles to the prostate and the penis.
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vas deferens
Anatomy the duct that conveys spermatozoa from the epididymis to the urethra

vas deferens [′vas ′def·ə·rənz]
(anatomy)
The portion of the excretory duct system of the testis which runs from the epididymal duct to the ejaculatory duct. Also known as ductus deferens.


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