different between gonad vs gubernaculum

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (gon?, “seed, begetting, birth, offspring”), from ????????? (gígnesthai, “be born”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????.næd/

Noun

gonad (plural gonads)

1. (anatomy) A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary.
2. (slang, chiefly in the plural) The testicles.

Synonyms

• (sex gland): sex gland

Derived terms

• gonadal
• gonadectomy
• gonadic
• gonadoblastoma
• nad

Translations

Further reading

• Sex organ on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• gonad at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Dagon, Dogan, Gonda, dango, dogan, donga, goand

English

Alternative forms

• gubernaculum testis
• gubernaculum dentis

Etymology

From Latin gubern?culum (“a helm, rudder”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??ju?.b??nak.j?l.?m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??u.b??næk.j?l.?m/

Noun

gubernaculum (plural gubernacula)

1. A part or structure that serves as a guide:
   1. (embryology) Either of a pair of folds of peritoneum which connects the caudal end of the fetal testis with the bottom of the scrotum in a male fetus, and by failing to elongate in proportion to the rest of the fetus causes the descent of the testis into the scrotum; or an analogous cord of connective tissue attached to the ovary in a female fetus, which is the precursor of the round and ovarian ligaments.
   2. (dentistry) (more fully gubernaculum dentis) A cord or sheath of connective tissue that connects the sac of an unerupted permanent tooth with the surface of the gum.
   3. (zoology) The reproductive tract of an invertebrate, or part of it; especially the section containing the gonophores (in a hydrozoan); a sclerotized structure in the cloaca (in a nematode).
   4. (biology) (rare) A trailing flagellum in certain protists used for steering.

References

• “gubernaculum”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “gubernaculum testis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “gubernaculum”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Latin

Etymology

From gubern? (“I steer”) and -culum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?u.ber?na?.ku.lum/, [??b?r?nä?k??????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?u.ber?na.ku.lum/, [?ub?r?n??kulum]

Noun

gubern?culum n (genitive gubern?cul?); second declension

1. the steering-oar, helm, rudder
2. management

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

• ? English: gubernaculum
• Old French: governail
  • ? Middle English: governaile
    • English: governail
  • French: gouvernail
• Galician: gobernallo

References

• gubernaculum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gubernaculum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gubernaculum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• gubernaculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• gubernaculum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gubernaculum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.