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sperm::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | sperm cell, spermatozoan, spermatozoon |
| Type of | gamete |
| Derivation | spermatic, spermous |
a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material.
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Twenty years ago, 200 million viable sperm per milliliter was considered normal.
From the infowars.com
It is thought that the resulting inflammation locks the sperm inside the female.
From the newscientist.com
A sperm whale calf only hours old, born off the southwest coast of Guam in 2001.
From the theepochtimes.com
They traded e-mails immediately, confirming the sperm bank and the donor number.
From the denverpost.com
One of those genes encodes a protein that helps the sperm cell's flagellum beat.
From the washingtonpost.com
We are on a road toward reproduction that doesn't require eggs and sperm at all.
From the time.com
Female reproductive tract form drives the evolution of complex sperm morphology.
From the sciencedaily.com
Sommer thinks he knows why the sperm cells fare less well in polystyrene dishes.
From the newscientist.com
We already have techniques to revert and differentiate a sperm cell into an egg.
From the scienceblogs.com
- The male reproductive cell; the male gamete; "a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material"
- Sperm is the male reproductive cell and is derived from the Greek word (u03C3u03C0u03ADu03C1u03BCu03B1) sperma (meaning "seed"). In the types of sexual reproduction known as anisogamy and its subtype oogamy, there is a marked difference in the size of the gametes with the smaller one being termed the "male" or sperm cell...
- Sperm is the second studio album by the German band Oomph!. This album would drastically change the direction and sound of the band from their heavily synthesizer based, EBM debut album. ...
- Sperm commonly refers to: *Sperm (cell), the male gamete involved in heterogamous sexual reproduction *Spermatozoon (zoosperm), a sperm cell propelled by a single flagellum, found in most animals *Semen ("sperma"), the seminal fluid containing spermatozoa
- A spermatozoon (pronounced /u02CCspu025Cu02D0rmu00E6tu0259u02C8zou028Au0259n/, alternate spelling spermatozou00F6n; plural spermatozoa; from Ancientu00A0Greek: u03C3u03C0u03ADu03C1u03BCu03B1 "seed" and Ancientu00A0Greek: u03B6u1FF7u03BFu03BD "living being") is a motile sperm cell, or moving form of the haploid cell that is the male gamete. A spermatozoon joins an ovum to form a zygote...
- The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; the spermatozoon; The semen
- The mature male gamete in animals. It is motile and usually small compared with the egg.
- The father's contribution to the cell which will grow to form a new baby. Each sperm contains 23 chromosomes; one from each pair in the father. The sperm joins with an egg to make a complete cell. A baby develops from this first cell.
- The mature male sex cell (plural: spermatozoa). Sperm survive for 3-5 days in fertile cervical mucus.
