MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does male reproductive system mean? 

• MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. the reproductive system of males

  Familiarity information: MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The reproductive system of males

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("male reproductive system" is a kind of...):

genital system; reproductive system (organs and tissues involved in the production and maturation of gametes and in their union and subsequent development as offspring)

Meronyms (parts of "male reproductive system"):

prostate; prostate gland (a firm partly muscular chestnut sized gland in males at the neck of the urethra; produces a viscid secretion that is the fluid part of semen)

sperm; sperm cell; spermatozoan; spermatozoon (the male reproductive cell; the male gamete)

family jewels; male genital organ; male genitalia; male genitals (external male sex organs)

bulbourethral gland; Cowper's gland (either of two glands that discharge a component of seminal fluid into the urethra; homologous to Bartholin's gland in the female)

ball; ballock; bollock; egg; nut; orchis; testicle; testis (one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens)

ductus deferens; vas deferens (a duct that carries spermatozoa from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct)

member; penis; phallus (the male sex organ ('member' is a euphemism))

seminal vesicle (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)

Holonyms ("male reproductive system" is a part of...):

male body (the body of a male human being)

 Context examples 

This protein plays a role in the development of the male reproductive system.

(Muellerian-Inhibiting Factor, NCI Thesaurus)

A gland in the male reproductive system just below the bladder.

(Murine Prostate, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder that affects the female or male reproductive system and is present at birth.

(Congenital Reproductive System Abnormality, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-metastasizing neoplasm that arises from the male reproductive system.

(Benign Male Reproductive System Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Paired exocrine glands of the male reproductive system located at the medial termination of the ductus deferens that produce and secrete lipids and glycogen, components of the seminal fluid.

(Ampullary Gland, NCI Thesaurus)

CD52 is a glycoprotein expressed on the surface of essentially all normal and malignant B and T cells, a majority of monocytes, macrophages and natural killer (NK) cells, a subpopulation of granulocytes, and tissues of the male reproductive system.

(Alemtuzumab, NCI Thesaurus)