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vasitis
1. An infective process of the vas deferens usually spreading from adjacent organs and caused by a variety of infective agents.
The vas deferens is the tube connecting the testes with the urethra. It is a coiled duct that conveys sperm from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct and the urethra.
2. Inflammation of the ductus deferens (secretory duct of the testicle, running from the epididymis, of which it is the continuation, to the prostatic urethra where it terminates as the ejaculatory duct).
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vasitis nodosa
A beading and nodularity of the vas deferens just above the epididymis, probably a result of a previously unrecognized vasitis of unknown origin.
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vas-, vaso-, vasi- +
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