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LEYDIG'S CELL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Leydig's cell mean?
• LEYDIG'S CELL (noun)
The noun LEYDIG'S CELL has 1 sense:
1. a cell in the testes that secretes the hormone testosterone
Familiarity information: LEYDIG'S CELL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cell in the testes that secretes the hormone testosterone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("Leydig's cell" is a kind of...):
cell ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)
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