gubernaculum

[goo-ber-nak-yuh-luhm]

noun

Anatomy, Zoology.

plural

gubernacula 

1. a part or organ that directs the movement or course of another part.

Other Word Forms

• gubernacular adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of gubernaculum¹

1655–65; < New Latin, Latin gubernāculum rudder, equivalent to gubernā ( re ) to steer ( govern ) + -culum -cule ²

Example Sentences

Associated words: scrotal, varicocele, spermatic cord, pneumatocele, gubernaculum, cirsotomy, dartos, urocele, sarcocele, mesorchium, scrotocele, vas deferens, suspensory. scrub, n. jungle, thicket, brushwood. scrubby, a. stunted, dwarfed, undeveloped, scrub, insignificant. scrumptious, a.

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