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LEYDIG'S CELL

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

• LEYDIG'S CELL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A cell in the testes that secretes the hormone testosterone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

Leydig cell; Leydig's cell

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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