seminiferous tubule

noun Anatomy.

any of the coiled tubules of the testis in which spermatozoa are produced.

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Origin of seminiferous tubule

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby seminiferous tubule

seminarian, seminary, semination, seminiferous, seminiferous epithelium, seminiferous tubule, seminiferous tubule dysgenesis, seminivorous, seminole, seminole wars, seminoles
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Medical definitions for seminiferous tubule

seminiferous tubule

n.

One of two or three twisted curved tubules in each lobule of the testis in which spermatogenesis occurs.
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