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English term or phrase:	testes
Finnish translation:	kivekset
Entered by:	Eija Teppo

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18:46 Sep 30, 2009

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Science - Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng / Animal studies

English term or phrase: testes

Testes? = Animal feeding studies in rat, mouse and dog, at high doses, have demonstrated effects on fertility and testes.

Eija Teppo
New Zealand

kivekset

Explanation:
The testicle (from Latin testiculus, diminutive of testis, meaning "witness" [of virility],[1] plural testes) is the male generative gland in animals.

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Juhana Valtonen
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	liz askew

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kivekset

Explanation:
The testicle (from Latin testiculus, diminutive of testis, meaning "witness" [of virility],[1] plural testes) is the male generative gland in animals.

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The testicle (from Latin testiculus, diminutive of testis, meaning "witness" [of virility],[1] plural testes) is the male generative gland in animals.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testes

Juhana Valtonen
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:05
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kivekset

Explanation:
Yksikkö testis, monikko testes.

Topi Kuusinen
Finland
Local time: 13:05
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Reference information:
plural = testes
singular = testis

Male fertility and testis cell functions are in part reg-
Male fertility and testis cell functions are in part reg- ulated by the steroid hormone 17-estradiol, whose regulatory functions are mediated by the ...
www.andrologyjournal.org/cgi/reprint/22/4/652.pdf - Similar
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liz askew
United Kingdom
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