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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Latin
Origin: testiculus 'small testicle', from testis; TESTIS

testicle

 noun
     
Related topics: Human
tes‧ti‧cle [countable]
HBH one of the two round organs that produce sperm in a male, that are enclosed in a bag of skin behind and below the penis
—testicular adjective
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