seminiferous tubule

noun Anatomy.

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

Nearby words

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

Origin of seminiferous tubule

First recorded in 1855–60

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Medicine 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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