Last Updated：2025/11/20

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Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

deferent

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Source Word

deferent

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈdɛfəɹənt/

Noun

obsolete

Japanese Meaning

解剖学的意味として：体内で液体や物質を運ぶ管、特に輸精管（精子を運ぶ管）として理解されることがある。 / 旧語的意味として：何かを運ぶもの、または伝達するもの

What is this buttons?

The surgeon carefully exposed the deferent to ensure it was not damaged during the procedure.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

外科医は手術中に損傷しないよう、精管を慎重に露出させた。

Sense（1）

(anatomy) A deferent duct in the body, as opposed to an afferent one.

Sense（2）

(obsolete) That which carries or conveys.

though air be the most favorable deferent of sounds

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（3）

(obsolete, Ptolemaic astronomy) An imaginary circle surrounding the Earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the centre of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round.

deferents

（ plural ）

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