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Word Meanings - SPERMIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to sperm, or semen.

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  • SPERMATOCYTE
    See SPERMOBLAST
  • SPERMATIC
    Of or pertaining to semen; as, the spermatic fluid, the spermatic vessels, etc. Spermatic cord , the cord which suspends the testicle within the scrotum. It is made up of a connective tissue sheath inclosing the spermatic duct and accompanying
  • SPERMATICAL
    Spermatic.
  • SPERMATOZOOID
    A spermatozoid.
  • SPERMOPHYTE
    Any plant which produces true seeds; -- a term recently proposed to replace phænogam.
  • SPERMISM
    The theory, formerly held by many, that the sperm or spermatozoön contains the germ of the future embryo; animalculism.
  • SPERMATOGENETIC
    Relating to, or connected with, spermatogenesis; as, spermatogenetic function.
  • SPERMATOPHOROUS
    Producing seed, or sperm; seminiferous; as, the so-called spermatophorous cells.
  • SPERMATOPHORE
    See SPERMOSPORE
  • SPERMIC
    Of or pertaining to sperm, or semen.
  • SPERM WHALE
    A very large toothed whale , having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This whale sometimes grows to the
  • SPERMIDIUM
    An achenium.
  • SPERMATO-; SPERMO-
    Combining forms from Gr. seed, sperm, semen (of plants or animals); as, spermatoblast, spermoblast.
  • SPERMOCOCCUS
    The nucleus of the sperm cell.
  • SPERMATORRHEA; SPERMATORRHOEA
    Abnormally frequent involuntary emission of the semen without copulation.
  • SPERMIST
    A believer in the doctrine, formerly current, of encasement in the male , in which the seminal thread, or spermatozoid, was considered as the real animal germ, the head being the true animal head and the tail the body.
  • SPERMATOGENESIS
    The development of the spermatozoids.
  • SPERM
    Spermaceti. Sperm oil, a fatty oil found as a liquid, with spermaceti, in the head cavities of the sperm whale. -- Sperm whale. See in the Vocabulary.
  • SPERMULE
    A sperm cell. Haeckel.
  • SPERMATOGONIUM
    A primitive seminal cell, occuring in masses in the seminal tubules. It divides into a mass of small cells , which in turn give rise to spermatozoids.
  • ANGIOMONOSPERMOUS
    Producing one seed only in a seed pod.
  • DISPOSEMENT
    Disposal. Goodwin.
  • OOSPERM; OOESPERM
    The ovum, after fusion with the spermatozoön in impregnation. Balfour.
  • EXCUSEMENT
    Excuse. Gower.
  • EMBOYSSEMENT
    An ambush. Chaucer.
  • CASEMENTED
    Having a casement or casements.
  • TRACHYSPERMOUS
    Rough-seeded. Gray.
  • RENVERSEMENT
    A reversing.
  • REIMBURSEMENT
    The act reimbursing. A. Hamilton.
  • INCASEMENT
    1. The act or process of inclosing with a case, or the state of being incased. 2. That which forms a case, covering, or inclosure.
  • PENTASPERMOUS
    Containing five seeds.
  • DISBURSEMENT
    1. The act of disbursing or paying out. The disbursement of the public moneys. U. S. Statutes. 2. That which is disbursed or paid out; as, the annual disbursements exceed the income.
  • ASPERMOUS
    Destitute of seeds; aspermatous.

 

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