Sperm
91sperm whale — a large, square snouted whale, Physeter catodon, valued for its oil and spermaceti: now reduced in number and rare in some areas. [1825 35] * * * or cachalot Thickset, blunt snouted toothed whale (Physeter catodon, family Physeteridae) with small …
92sperm bank — noun a depository for storing sperm • Hypernyms: ↑depository, ↑deposit, ↑depositary, ↑repository * * * a repository for storing sperm and keeping it viable under scientifically controlled conditions prior to its use in artificial insemination.… …
93sperm oil — noun an animal oil found in the blubber of the sperm whale • Hypernyms: ↑animal oil * * * noun Etymology: so called from its being found in the sperm whale : a pale yellow oil that is found with spermaceti in the head cavities and blubber of the… …
94sperm cell — noun the male reproductive cell; the male gamete a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material • Syn: ↑sperm, ↑spermatozoon, ↑spermatozoan • Derivationally related forms: ↑spermatic (for: ↑ …
95sperm count — noun 1. the number of sperm in an ejaculate the sperm count is used as an indicator of male fertility • Hypernyms: ↑count 2. the act of estimating the number of spermatozoa in an ejaculate • Hypernyms: ↑count, ↑counting, ↑numeration, ↑ …
96Sperm granuloma — A sperm granuloma is a lump of extravasated sperm that appears along the vasa deferentia or epididymides in vasectomized men. Sperm granulomas are rounded or irregular in shape, one millimeter to one centimeter or more, with a central mass of… …
97Sperm (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Sperm Type = Album Artist = OOMPH! Released = 2 May1994 Recorded = 1994 Genre = Industrial metal Neue Deutsche Härte Length = Label = Producer = | Last album = OOMPH! (1992) This album = Sperm (1994) Next album = Defekt… …
98Sperm Warfare — Infobox Album | Name = Sperm Warfare Type = EP Artist = Arthur Loves Plastic Released = 1995 Recorded = Genre = Electronica Length = 33:42 Label = T.E.Q. Music? Producer = Arthur Loves Plastic Reviews = Last album = This album = Sperm Warfare… …
99sperm bank — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms sperm bank : singular sperm bank plural sperm banks a place where sperm is frozen and stored so that it can be used later to make women pregnant …
100sperm count — UK / US noun [countable, usually singular] Word forms sperm count : singular sperm count plural sperm counts a measurement of how many sperm are contained in a man s semen …
