VASA EFFERENTIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vasa efferentia mean? 

• VASA EFFERENTIA (noun)
  The noun VASA EFFERENTIA has 1 sense:

1. the several highly convoluted tubules that lead from the rete testis to the vas deferens and form the head of the epididymis

  Familiarity information: VASA EFFERENTIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VASA EFFERENTIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The several highly convoluted tubules that lead from the rete testis to the vas deferens and form the head of the epididymis

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("vasa efferentia" is a kind of...):

tubule (a small tube)

Holonyms ("vasa efferentia" is a part of...):

epididymis (a convoluted tubule in each testis; carries sperm to vas deferens)