Word Meanings - SPERMOCOCCUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The nucleus of the sperm cell.
Related words: (words related to SPERMOCOCCUS)
- 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. - NUCLEUS
The body or the head of a comet. An incipient ovule of soft cellular tissue. A whole seed, as contained within the seed coats. (more info) 1. A kernel; hence, a central mass or point about which matter is gathered, or to which accretion is made; - 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. - 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. - PENTASPERMOUS
Containing five seeds. - ASPERMOUS
Destitute of seeds; aspermatous. - MENISPERMINE
An alkaloid distinct from picrotoxin and obtained from the cocculus indicus (the fruit of Anamirta Cocculus, formerly Menispermum Cocculus) as a white, crystalline, tasteless powder; -- called also menispermina. - ANGIOSPERMATOUS
See ANGIOSPERMOUS - POLYSPERMY
Fullness of sperm, or seed; the passage of more than one spermatozoön into the vitellus in the impregnation of the ovum.