vas deferens

1. 1.

   a duct that carries spermatozoa from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct

   Synonymsductus deferens

   Broaderduct

   Part ofseminal ducttestismale reproductive system

Questions about vas deferens

What does vas deferens mean?

vas deferens means "a duct that carries spermatozoa from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct".

What is another word for vas deferens?

Close synonyms include ductus deferens. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vas deferens a common word?

vas deferens is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.