testi-, test- +

To bear witness formally.

Excision of the testis or testes; castration.

Witnesses.

"Witnesses are weighed, not numbered."

That is, in case of a conflict of evidence, the truth is to be sought by weighing the credibility of the respective witnesses, not by the mere numerical preponderance on one side or the other.

Witnesses are weighed, not numbered.

That is, in case of a conflict of evidence, the truth is to be sought by weighing the credibility of the respective witnesses, not by the mere numerical preponderance on one side or the other.

A similar maxim contains the following: Testibus deponentibus in pari numero, dignioribus est credendum ("Where the witnesses who testify are in equal number [on both sides], the more worthy are to be believed").

"Where the witnesses who testify are in equal number (on both sides), the more worthy are to be believed."

1. The male gonad or sperm-producing gland (testis) usually with its surrounding membranes, particularly in humans or other higher vertebrates.
2. The male gonad; either one or the other of the paired egg-shaped glands normally situated in the scrotum.

The word testicle is an alteration of the earlier testicule (about 1392); borrowed from Latin testiculus, diminutive of testis, "testicle". The Old English was herþan, probably originally "leather bag".

Testicles is also said to come from Latin testiculi meaning "little witnesses". All such test words; including protest, protestant, testify, and attest have this etymological testicle connection.

There was a time when the feminist Ms. magazine published a letter that started: “I protest the use of the word ‘testimony’ when referring to a woman’s statements, because its root is ‘testes’which has nothing to do with being a female. Why not use ‘ovarimony’?”

1. The condition of having the testicles remain undescended, which is abnormal in man and in many animals.
2. Having the testes retained within the abdominal cavity, as occurs normally in many mammals; such as, the elephant and armadilo.

1. A reference to, containing, or having the nature or function of a testicle or testicles.
2. Resembling a testicle in form.

1. Having testicles or formed like a testicle; also, applied to the twin tubers of certain species of Orchi.
2. Having the shape of a testicle; ovoid.
3. Having tubers shaped like testes; such as, certain orchids.

1. A testicular tumor.
2. A general term for any tumor of the testis.

1. A diminutive of the testis or testes.
2. A reference the male reproductive glands located in the cavity of the scrotum.

Opposite of hysterical.

1. To make a factual statement based on personal experience or to declare something to be true from personal experience.
2. To bear witness; to give evidence as a witness; to make a solemn declaration, under oath or affirmation, in a judicial inquiry, for the purpose of establishing or proving some fact.

A statement backing up a claim or supporting a fact.