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Leydig cell

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

One of the interstitial cells, located next to the seminiferous tubules inside the testicle, that produce testosterone.

Word forms

Leydig cell Leydig cells

Etymology

Named for German anatomist Franz Leydig.

Related words

aleydigism

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