Sperm

  • 31sperm — noun /spɜː(r)m/ a) The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; the spermatozoon. b) The semen. Syn: spermatozoon, sperm cell …

    Wiktionary

  • 32sperm- — spermat , spermato ; sperm , spermo ❖ ♦ Premiers éléments de mots savants, tirés du grec sperma, spermatos « semence, graine », au propre (en bot.) ou au figuré …

    Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 33sperm- — (spermi(o) , spermo ) prefix denoting sperm or semen …

    Medical dictionary

  • 34sperm — Synonyms and related words: act of love, adultery, androcyte, antheridium, antherozoid, aphrodisia, ass, autacoid, balling, bile, carnal knowledge, chalone, climax, cohabitation, coition, coitus, coitus interruptus, commerce, congress, connection …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 35sperm — SPERM1 Element prim de compunere savantă cu semnificaţia (referitor la) spermă , sămânţă , spermatic . [var. spermato , spermo . / < fr. sperm(o) , spermat(o) , cf. gr. sperma]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN  SPERM2 Element… …

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  • 36sperm — [14] Sperm is etymologically something that is ‘sown’, like ‘seed’. The word comes, via late Latin sperma, from Greek spérma ‘seed’. This was a derivative of the same base as produced English diaspora, sporadic, and spore, and it may ultimately… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 37sperm — noun (plural same or sperms) 1》 semen.     ↘a spermatozoon. 2》 short for spermaceti or sperm oil. Origin ME: via late L. from Gk sperma seed , from speirein to sow …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 38sperm — noun plural sperm or sperms (C) 1 a cell produced by the sex organs of a male animal, which is able to join with the female egg to produce a new life 2 (U) the liquid from the male sex organs that these cells swim in; semen …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 39sperm- — spermi(o) ; = spermo combining form denoting sperm or semen …

    The new mediacal dictionary

  • 40sperm —   1. See semen.   2. Whale. Kēpama, koholā kēpama, pāma.    ♦ Sperm oil, aila kēpama, aila pāma …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary