vas deferens

English

Etymology

From New Latin vās dēferēns, itself from vās (“vessel, duct”) +‎ dēferēns (“carrying off”, present active participle of dēferō (“to carry off”)).

Noun

vas deferens (plural vasa deferentia)

  1. (anatomy) The duct in the testicle that carries semen from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct.

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Latin

Noun

vās dēferēns n (genitive vāsis dēferentis); third declension

  1. (New Latin, anatomy) vas deferens

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem) with a third-declension participle.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vās dēferēns vāsa dēferentia
Genitive vāsis dēferentis vāsōrum dēferentium
Dative vāsī dēferentī vāsīs dēferentibus
Accusative vās dēferēns vāsa dēferentia
Ablative vāse dēferente
vāse dēferentī		 vāsīs dēferentibus
Vocative vās dēferēns vāsa dēferentia

Descendants
  • English: vas deferens
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