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”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌvæz ˈdɛfəɹəns/ === Noun === vas deferens (plural vasa deferentia) (anatomy) The duct in the testicle that carries semen from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct. ==== Synonyms ==== ductus deferens sperm duct spermiduct spermoduct spermaduct ==== Hypernyms ==== Wolffian duct - embryological precursor internal genitalia ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== vasectomy == Latin == === Noun === vās dēferēns n (genitive vāsis dēferentis); third declension (New Latin, anatomy) vas deferens Synonym: ductus dēferēns ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem) with a third-declension participle. ==== Descendants ==== English: vas deferens