🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

organo riproduttivo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈɔr.ɡa.no ri.pro.dutˈti.vo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Reproductive organ/ˌriː.prəˈdʌk.tɪv ˈɔːr.ɡən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Ogni specie ha un particolare organo riproduttivo."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Any part of an organism that is involved in sexual reproduction.

    "Flowers contain the reproductive organs of angiosperm plants."
  2. 2

    An anatomical structure in animals or humans specialized for producing gametes and facilitating fertilization.

    "Medical examinations often assess the health of both internal and external reproductive organs."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'reproductive', derived from the Latin 'reproductus' (past participle of 'reproducere', meaning to produce again), and 'organ', from the Latin 'organum' and Greek 'organon', meaning an instrument or tool. Together, the compound emerged in modern scientific and anatomical discourse during the 18th and 19th centuries to denote biological structures dedicated to generation and species continuation.

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