Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seminal vesicle

/ˈsɛmɪnəl ˈvɛsɪkəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

Syllables: sem-i-nal vesi-cle
IPA: /ˈsɛmɪnəl ˈvɛsɪkəl/

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of two simple tubular glands located behind the male urinary bladder, responsible for the production of about sixty percent of the fluid that ultimately becomes semen.

Example Sentences

"Billy made a noise like a small, rusty hinge. He had just emptied his seminal vesicles into Valencia […]"

Inflected Forms

seminal vesicles (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce seminal vesicle?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɛmɪnəl ˈvɛsɪkəl/.
What does seminal vesicle mean?: One of two simple tubular glands located behind the male urinary bladder, responsible for the production of about sixty percent of the fluid that ultimately becomes semen.

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