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spermatophagy
  1. (biology) Phagocytosis of sperm cells.
  2. (entomology) Of certain beetles, the consumption of fruits or seeds.
  3. (Christianity) The idea promulgated by Georges Le Clément de Saint-Marcq that the Eucharist involved the consumption of sperm.
  4. Synonyms:
spermatophore
  1. (biology) A spermospore.
  2. (zoology) A capsule or pocket enclosing a number of spermatozoa, found in many annelids, brachiopods, mollusks, and crustaceans.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Dissections confirmed that these females had received a spermatophore at mating and had developed normal ovaries.”
      “Within 1 hr, the resulting spirally coiled, gelatinous spermatophore has been transferred to the female.”
      “At each mating, the female receives a bipartite spermatophore consisting of a spermatophylax and a sperm-containing ampulla.”
sperm
  1. (cytology) The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon.
  2. (chemistry) Sperm oil; whale oil from a sperm whale; spermaceti.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Fusion of the sperm with the egg plasma membrane is restricted to specific regions of the spermatozoon.”
      “Within the bill are sections that make it illegal to sell your sperm or eggs or to receive remuneration for acting as a surrogate mother.”
spermatocele
  1. A retention cyst of a tubule of the rete testis or the head of the epididymis distended with barely watery fluid that contains spermatozoa.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Other benign conditions resulting in a scrotal mass, such as testicular torsion, spermatocele, varicocele, or tuberculosis, must be ruled out.”
spermoblast
  1. (biology) One of the cells formed by the division of the spermospore, each of which is destined to become a spermatozoid; a spermatocyte; a spermatoblast.
spermosphere
  1. (physiology) A mass or ball of cells formed by the repeated division of a spermospore, each spermoblast of which is converted into a spermatozoid.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Contact fungicides are only active around the actual seed or spermosphere.”
spermospore
  1. (physiology) The male germinal or seminal cell, from the breaking up of which the spermoblasts are formed and ultimately the spermatozoids.
  2. Synonyms:
spermatheca
  1. (anatomy) A small sac within the reproductive tract of some female invertebrates, such as insects, which stores sperm until it is used to fertilize the ova.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Many of these immotile spermatids are dislodged from the spermatheca and swept away as oocytes parade through the reproductive tract.”
      “The sclerotized spermatheca is flexible and has muscle attachments between the base of the body of the spermatheca and its apex.”
      “The cloaca is relatively complex in more derived groups, with a spermatheca in females and several sets of cloacal glands in both sexes.”
spermatozoid
  1. (biology) A motile, ciliated male gamete produced in the antheridium of an alga, fern or gymnosperm.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Only one spermatozoid is placed via microinjection inside the ovocytes in order to achieve fertilisation.”
      “After the oocyte has been fertilized by the spermatozoid, a reaction called the zonal reaction occurs in the pellucid zone.”
      “The pellucid zone constitutes a specific obstacle as it cannot be penetrated by a spermatozoid of another species.”
spermatogonium
  1. (biology) Any of the undifferentiated cells in the male gonads that become spermatocytes; a spermatoblast
  2. Examples:
    1. “A primary spermatogonium surrounded by a pair of cyst cells undergoes four mitotic divisions, forming a cyst of 16 primary spermatocytes.”
spermine
  1. (organic chemistry) A polyamine, N,N'-bis(3-aminopropyl) butane-1,4-diamine, originally extracted from sperm, that is involved in cellular metabolism
  2. Examples:
    1. “The binding model displayed in Fig.8 A has been observed from crystallographic studies on B-DNA dodecamers stabilized with spermine.”
      “Because of their positive charges, putrescine, spermidine, and spermine show a high affinity with the acidic constituents of the cell.”
      “By comparison, the tetra-amine spermine only binds weakly to peptide carboxylate groups, and not to the a-helical conformation.”
spermatidogenesis
  1. (cell biology) The creation of spermatids from secondary spermatocytes during spermatogenesis.
spermatocrit
  1. An indicator of spermatozoa density based on the proportion of solid packed material in semen after centrifugation
spermatid
  1. (biology) A haploid cell, produced by meiosis of a spermatocyte, that develops into a spermatozoon
  2. Examples:
    1. “By contrast, mutant hermaphrodites are self-sterile when unmated due to a failure in spermatid activation.”
      “Development of the spermatid flagellum begins immediately after meiosis.”
      “For introduction of spermatid mitochondria, in vitro fertilization was carried out by microinjection of spermatids into unfertilized oocytes as described previously.”
spermiogenesis
  1. (biology) The final stage of spermatogenesis. It involves the maturation of the spermatids into spermatozoa.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Over the past five years, he has studied spermiogenesis as a major determinant of the genetic integrity of the male gamete.”
      “Knowledge of spermiogenesis in reptiles, especially in lizards, is very limited.”
      “Thus, PP1γ2 might have a fundamental, isoform-specific role in mammalian spermiogenesis.”
spermary
  1. (anatomy) An organ in which spermatozoa are developed; a sperm gland; a testicle.
spermatozoon
  1. (cytology) A reproductive cell or gamete of a male, carried in semen, that fertilizes an ovum to produce a zygote.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Fusion of the sperm with the egg plasma membrane is restricted to specific regions of the spermatozoon.”
      “The annulate corpuscle of the spermatozoon is the metamorphosed nucleus of the cell from which the spermatozoon is developed.”
      “We rather think of the latter as a new form of life to whose nature both the ovum and the spermatozoon have made significant contributions.”
spermist
  1. (historical) One who believed that the complete human being was contained in the sperm rather than the ovum.
spermatagonium
  1. (biology) Any of several cells that are intermediary in the production of spermatozoa
spermatocyte
  1. (cytology) A male gametocyte, from which a spermatozoon develops.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Microscopically, seminomas are classified as typical, atypical, or spermatocyte.”
      “The primary spermatocyte is the largest of the germ cells in the tubule, and the various stages are distinguished based on the degree of chromosome coiling.”
spermiogram
  1. A visual analysis of semen and its sperm
spermiation
  1. (biology) The release of mature spermatids from Sertoli cells
spermaturia
  1. (medicine) presence of sperm in the urine
spermatogenesis
  1. The process of sperm production in the testes.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Spermatogonia are the mitotic germ cells of the testis from which sperm arise by spermatogenesis.”
      “In principle, non-disjunction during spermatogenesis could lead to aneuploidy, which might cause fetal death.”
      “This small protein replaces histones and binds DNA in the process of spermatogenesis.”
spermophore
  1. (zoology) Alternative form of spermatophore
spermatozooid
  1. Alternative form of spermatozoid
spermatocytogenesis
  1. (biology) The production of spermatocytes
spermatospore
  1. Alternative form of spermospore
  2. Synonyms:
sperminator
  1. (informal) A device that kills sperm.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Feminists of the era did not take kindly to Ericsson and his Marlboro Man veneer. To them, the lab cowboy and his sperminator portended a dystopia of mass-produced boys.”
spermism
  1. The belief held by spermists.
spermin
  1. Alternative form of spermine
spermatology
  1. The scientific study of sperm.
spermule
  1. (biology) A spermatozoon.
spermatoblast
  1. (dated) A spermatocyte.
spermatoon
  1. (biology) A spermoblast.
spermatogemma
spermatist
  1. Synonym of spermist
spermicide
  1. A substance used for killing sperm.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The cap is used with a spermicide, which is an agent that chemically destroys sperm.”
      “In India it has been used for millennia as an insect repellent, spermicide, medicine for skin diseases, sores and rheumatism.”
      “At the four-week and final visits, questionnaires about the acceptability of the spermicide were completed.”
spermatism
  1. (historical) Spermism.
spermatogeneses
spermatagonia
  1. plural of spermatagonium
spermatogonia
  1. plural of spermatogonium
  2. Examples:
    1. “As daughter cells of spermatogonia, the primary spermatocytes reside just apical to the layer of spermatogonia.”
      “The primitive germinal cells are the spermatogonia, which lie peripherally in the tubule wall, outside the barrier of Sertoli cell junctions.”
      Spermatogonia are the mitotic germ cells of the testis from which sperm arise by spermatogenesis.”
spermiogeneses
  1. plural of spermiogenesis
spermatoblasts
  1. plural of spermatoblast
spermatogemmae
spermatogemmas
spermatozooids
  1. plural of spermatozooid
spermatophores
  1. plural of spermatophore
spermatospores
spermathecae
  1. plural form of spermatheca
spermatozoa
  1. plural of spermatozoon
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “When a female is inseminated with spermatozoa from an allospecific male, his spermatozoa successfully fertilize the eggs.”
      “However, it is clear that only a small fraction of the spermatids develop into mature spermatozoa in males.”
      “Interspersed among the spermatozoa are what appear to be the cytoplasmic contents of degraded cells.”
spermatocrits
  1. plural of spermatocrit
spermatocytes
  1. plural of spermatocyte
  2. Examples:
    1. “As daughter cells of spermatogonia, the primary spermatocytes reside just apical to the layer of spermatogonia.”
      “A primary spermatogonium surrounded by a pair of cyst cells undergoes four mitotic divisions, forming a cyst of 16 primary spermatocytes.”
      “In sexual reproduction, spermatocytes develop from the transformation of choanocytes, and oocytes arise from archeocytes.”
spermatozoids
  1. plural of spermatozoid
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The presence of spermatozoids was considered indicative of pregnancy, associated with the diagnosis of the estrous phase of the estral cycle.”
      “Since 1992, flow cytometry is used to differentiate between X and Y spermatozoids according to DNA content.”
      “We could not detect any alteration in the form of the spermatids and spermatozoids.”
spermospheres
spermatoceles
  1. plural of spermatocele
spermathecas
  1. plural of spermatheca
spermiations
  1. plural of spermiation
sperminators
  1. plural of sperminator
spermoblasts
  1. plural of spermoblast
spermophores
  1. plural of spermophore
spermospores
spermiograms
  1. plural of spermiogram
spermatoa
  1. plural of spermatoon
spermatists
  1. plural of spermatist
spermicides
  1. plural of spermicide
  2. Examples:
    1. “Common commodities such as honey and sodium bicarbonate, acidic fruit juices and oils have been used through history as spermicides.”
      “Honey, pepper, and even animal dung were tried as spermicides or diaphragms.”
      “As they are used in conjunction with spermicides, some people find them a messy contraception method.”
spermatids
  1. plural of spermatid
spermines
  1. plural of spermine
spermists
  1. plural of spermist
spermules
  1. plural of spermule
spermaries
  1. plural of spermary
sperms
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