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testicular

testicular

adjective tes-tee-koo-LAHR Rare

Usage Note

Testicular is used exclusively in medical and anatomical contexts, as in cáncer testicular (testicular cancer). It does not inflect for gender (same form for masculine and feminine nouns) but does inflect for number: testiculares. The term is a direct borrowing from Latin medical vocabulary.

Examples

"El médico detectó un tumor testicular."

Natural Translation

The doctor detected a testicular tumor.

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