See cremasteric fascia, c. muscle. [G. kremaster, a suspender, in pl. the muscles by which the testicles are retracted, fr. kremannymi, to hang]
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cre·mas·ter krē-'mas-tər, krə- n a thin muscle consisting of loops of fibers derived from the internal oblique muscle and descending upon the spermatic cord to surround and suspend the testicle called also cremaster muscle
cre·mas·ter·ic .krē-mə-'ster-ik adj
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cre·mas·ter (kre-masґtər) [L., from Gr. kremasthai to suspend] musculus cremaster.Medical dictionary. 2011.