reproductive system

noun

: the system of organs and parts which function in reproduction consisting in the male especially of the testes, penis, seminal vesicles, prostate, and urethra and in the female especially of the ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina, and vulva

Examples of reproductive system in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Given the horrendous commodification of the enslaved woman’s reproductive system, the use of folk-medicine abortifacients like sage tea and cotton root functioned as a form of collective defiance. —Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024

This, combined with uterine contraction, may serve to help move sperm toward an egg in the reproductive system. —Kelly Burch Updated, Verywell Health, 25 July 2024

The fertilized egg growing on Thurman’s fallopian tube ruptured it, destroying part of her reproductive system. —Amanda Seitz, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024

How Ovulation and Reproduction Works Your period is the most obvious sign that your body’s reproductive system is at least trying to operate. —Rachel Gurevich, Parents, 25 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1821, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

reproductive system

noun

: the system of organs and parts which function in reproduction consisting in the male especially of the testes, penis, seminal vesicles, prostate, and urethra and in the female especially of the ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina, and vulva