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Definition of Seminal vesicle

1. Noun. Either of a pair of glands located on either side of the male urinary bladder that open into the vas deferens and that secrete many components of semen during ejaculation.

Definition of Seminal vesicle

1. Noun. (anatomy) One of two simple tubular glands located behind the male urinary bladder, responsible for the production of about sixty percent of the fluid that ultimately becomes semen. ¹

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Medical Definition of Seminal vesicle

1. The paired glands at the base of the bladder that produce seminal fluid and fructose. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Seminal Vesicle

Literary usage of Seminal vesicle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Urology: Diseases of the Urinary Organs, Diseases of the Male Genital Organs by Edward Loughborough Keyes (1917)
"... CHAPTER LXIV DISEASES OF THE seminal vesicle ANATOMY THE seminal vesicle (Fig. 132) is a reservoir connected with the vas deferens. ..."

2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1922)
"The right seminal vesicle was corded, moderately indurated and adherent, but no enlarged glands ... The left seminal vesicle was about an inch broad, flat, ..."

3. Normal Histology: With Special Reference to the Structure of the Human Body by George Arthur Piersol (1916)
"This, the terminal segment of the spermatic canal, although apparently formed by the union of the duct of the seminal vesicle and the vas deferens, ..."

4. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1895)
"A marked tenderness is always excited when pressure with the finger tip is exerted over an acutely inflamed seminal vesicle, but as the vesicles are also ..."

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