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or spermo- or sperma- or spermi-
combining form
Etymology: Greek sperm-, spermo-, from sperma
seed ; germ ; sperm <spermatheca> <spermicide>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Sperm — Sperm, n.[F. sperme, L. sperma, Gr. ???, ???, from ???? to sow. Cf. {Spore}.] (Physiol.) The male fecundating fluid; semen. See {Semen}. [1913 Webster] {Sperm cell} (Physiol.), one of the cells from which the spermatozoids are developed. {Sperm… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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sperm — [ spɜrm ] (plural sperm) noun count a cell from a man that FERTILIZES the egg inside a woman s body and makes her pregnant a. uncount INFORMAL the liquid from a man s PENIS that contains sperm: SEMEN … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sperm — (n.) late 14c., probably from O.Fr. esperme, from L.L. sperma seed, semen, from Gk. sperma seed, from speirein to sow, scatter, from PIE *sper to strew (see SPROUT (Cf. sprout)). Sperm bank is attested from 1963 … Etymology dictionary
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