vas efferens

[ vas-ef-uh-renz, -er-uhnz ]

noun,plural va·sa ef·fer·en·ti·a

[vey-suh-ef-uh-ren-shee-uh, -shuh], /ˈveɪ sə ˌɛf əˈrɛn ʃi ə, -ʃə/, Anatomy.

any of a number of short ducts that carry sperm from the testis to the epididymis.

Origin of vas efferens

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1855–60; <New Latin: literally, vessel for carrying out. See vas, efferent

See also vas deferens.

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How to use vas efferens in a sentence

In the segment immediately behind the last vas efferens was a fully developed segmental tube.
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In a somewhat older embryo there was connected with the anterior vas efferens a peculiar structure represented on Pl.
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