Word Meanings - SPERMISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The theory, formerly held by many, that the sperm or spermatozoön contains the germ of the future embryo; animalculism.

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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.
• EMBRYO SAC
  See EMBRYONIC
• ANIMALCULISM
  The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological by means of animalcules.
• EMBRYOTOMY
  The cutting a fetus into pieces within the womb, so as to effect its removal.
• EMBRYON
  See EMBRYO
• SPERMATOZOOID
  A spermatozoid.
• SPERMOPHYTE
  Any plant which produces true seeds; -- a term recently proposed to replace phænogam.
• FORMERLY
  In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.
• SPERMISM
  The theory, formerly held by many, that the sperm or spermatozoön contains the germ of the future embryo; animalculism.
• EMBRYOGRAPHY
  The general description of embryos.
• SPERMATOGENETIC
  Relating to, or connected with, spermatogenesis; as, spermatogenetic function.
• SPERMATOPHOROUS
  Producing seed, or sperm; seminiferous; as, the so-called spermatophorous cells.
• EMBRYOTROPH
  The material from which an embryo is formed and nourished.
• 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.
• ANGIOMONOSPERMOUS
  Producing one seed only in a seed pod.
• OOSPERM; OOESPERM
  The ovum, after fusion with the spermatozoön in impregnation. Balfour.
• TRACHYSPERMOUS
  Rough-seeded. Gray.
• PROEMBRYO
  The series of cells formed in the ovule of a flowering plant after fertilization, but before the formation of the embryo. The primary growth from the spore in certain cryptogamous plants; as, the proembryo, or protonema, of mosses.
• VORTEX THEORY
  The theory, advanced by Thomson on the basis of investigation by Helmholtz, that the atoms are vortically moving ring-shaped masses (or masses of other forms having a similar internal motion) of a homogeneous, incompressible, frictionless fluid.
• DINGDONG THEORY
  The theory which maintains that the primitive elements of language are reflex expressions induced by sensory impressions; that is, as stated by Max Müller, the creative faculty gave to each general conception as it thrilled for the first
• PENTASPERMOUS
  Containing five seeds.
• ASPERMOUS
  Destitute of seeds; aspermatous.