REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reproductive system mean? 

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

1. organs and tissues involved in the production and maturation of gametes and in their union and subsequent development as offspring

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Organs and tissues involved in the production and maturation of gametes and in their union and subsequent development as offspring

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

genital system; reproductive system

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

system (a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts)

Meronyms (parts of "reproductive system"):

germ cell; reproductive cell; sex cell (a spermatozoon or an ovum; a cell responsible for transmitting DNA to the next generation)

reproductive organ; sex organ (any organ involved in sexual reproduction)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reproductive system"):

female reproductive system (the reproductive system of females)

male reproductive system (the reproductive system of males)

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

apparatus urogenitalis; genitourinary apparatus; genitourinary system; systema urogenitale; urinary apparatus; urinary system; urogenital apparatus; urogenital system (the system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urine)

 Context examples 

A non-neoplastic disorder that affects the female reproductive system.

(Female Non-Neoplastic Reproductive System Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

An abnormal communication between a female reproductive system organ and another organ or cavity.

(Female Genital Tract Fistula, NCI Thesaurus)

Evaluating a device for chemicals or other agents that may have caused problems with the reproductive system.

(Device Reproductive Toxicity Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)

A finding about one or more characteristics of female reproductive system cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v6 classification system.

(Female Reproductive System Cancer TNM Finding v6, NCI Thesaurus)

A finding about one or more characteristics of female reproductive system cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system.

(Female Reproductive System Cancer TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A reproductive system organ that produces and releases either sperm (testis) or eggs (ovary).

(Gonad, NCI Thesaurus)

The part of the reproductive system that produces and releases eggs (ovary) or sperm (testicle/testis).

(Gonad, NCI Dictionary)

Terminology associated with the reproductive system findings test code codelist of the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).

(CDISC SDTM Reproductive System Findings Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by an abnormal communication between a female reproductive system organ and another organ or anatomic site.

(Female Genital Tract Fistula, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

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

(Benign Reproductive System Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)