How to Use testis in a Sentence

testis

noun
  • The remaining part of the raw squid consisted of the testis and the sperm bags.
    Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 19 June 2012
  • This surgery cuts the vas deferens, which are tubes that carry sperm from the testes to the urethra.
    Claire Gillespie, Health, 19 June 2024
  • Sites of immune privilege include the brain and testes, as well as the eye.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 19 July 2017
  • The actor, who uses they/them pronouns, did not have testes as a kid.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2023
  • The testes, almost alone among the organs that have been tested, don’t seem to have a clock either.
    Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2015
  • Source of prostates and testes, muscles and machismo, chest hair, and according to some, even math skills.
    Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2018
  • Astronauts crushed the testes and used the sperm to fertilize eggs obtained from the female frogs.
    Anne Fadiman, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Feb. 2023
  • The right testis was not visualized in the scrotal sac or in the right inguinal region.
    Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2013
  • The human testes had almost triple the amount of microplastics than canine testes.
    John Loeppky, Verywell Health, 30 May 2024
  • The treatment is called an orchiectomy, which is the removal of the testis via the lower abdomen wall.
    Luke O'Neil, Esquire, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Inherit an X from mom and a Y from dad, and develop testes and a penis.
    Steph Yin, New York Times, 12 May 2017
  • In males, estrogen is produced in the testes and, similar to women, in fat cells and adrenal glands.
    Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Pain may extend to the testes, rectum, or lower abdomen.
    Dr. Roshini Raj, Health, 1 June 2023
  • Male dragonflies have two sets of genitals and move sperm from the testes into the penis.
    National Geographic, 16 July 2016
  • At the age of 10, however, Hanne underwent surgery to remove her testes.
    Sarah Brody, Teen Vogue, 26 June 2017
  • Our analyses are showing high concentrations of DDT in the testes and ovaries of breeding birds.
    Rachel Carson, The New Yorker, 1 Jan. 1950
  • The disorder: Trans men, being trans, are born without testes.
    Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Hawley never mentions that men must have testes, chest hair or Adam’s apples.
    Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
  • Estrogen is also produced in smaller amounts in the testes.
    Elizabeth Boskey, Verywell Health, 5 June 2023
  • This study also looked at a couple of other hormones produced by the testes and found that they, too, were reduced by ibuprofen.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2018
  • This gene indirectly turns on another gene called Sox9, which kick-starts the construction of the testes.
    Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 14 June 2018
  • The tissue was acquired from males who had died in accidents and whose testes had been preserved post-autopsy.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
  • They are produced in higher quantities in people with testes than in people with ovaries.
    Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
  • But, whereas Martínez-Patiño’s body was completely unable to use the testosterone produced by her testes, Semenya’s body is able to use some.
    S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2023
  • During a vasectomy, doctors cut or block the vas deferens, one of two tubes in the scrotum that carries sperm from the testes to the urethra, in two places.
    Dara T. Mathis, SELF, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Testosterone, which is produced in abundance by male testes, has been shown to tamp down inflammation.
    Author: Chris Mooney, Sarah Kaplan, Brady Dennis, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Apr. 2020
  • At six weeks, the gonad switches on the developmental pathway to become an ovary or a testis.
    Claire Ainsworth, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2018
  • Only when the two are ready to mate will ovaries and egg-laying machinery populate the female’s genital tract, while the male sprouts testes.
    Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 28 June 2018
  • The male squirrels appeared normal — their testes were nice and big — but their internal plumbing wasn’t online yet.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The progesterone analogue blocks the testes from producing normal levels of sperm.
    Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 21 Dec. 2017

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