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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoon, spermatozoannoun

    the male reproductive cell; the male gamete

    "a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material"

Wiktionary

  1. spermnoun

    Semen; the generative substance of male animals.

  2. spermnoun

    The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon.

  3. Etymology: From sperme, and its source, sperma, from σπέρμα.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. SPERMnoun

    Seed; that by which the species is continued.

    Etymology: sperme, Fr. sperma, Lat.

    Some creatures bring forth many young ones at a burthen, and some but one: this may be caused by the quantity of sperm required, or by the partitions of the womb which may sever the sperm. Francis Bacon.

    There is required to the preparation of the sperm of animals a great apparatus of vessels, many secretions, concoctions, reflections, and circulations. John Ray.

Wikipedia

  1. Sperm

    Sperm is the male reproductive cell, or gamete, in anisogamous forms of sexual reproduction (forms in which there is a larger, female reproductive cell and a smaller, male one). Animals produce motile sperm with a tail known as a flagellum, which are known as spermatozoa, while some red algae and fungi produce non-motile sperm cells, known as spermatia. Flowering plants contain non-motile sperm inside pollen, while some more basal plants like ferns and some gymnosperms have motile sperm.Sperm cells form during the process known as spermatogenesis, which in amniotes (reptiles and mammals) takes place in the seminiferous tubules of the testes. This process involves the production of several successive sperm cell precursors, starting with spermatogonia, which differentiate into spermatocytes. The spermatocytes then undergo meiosis, reducing their chromosome number by half, which produces spermatids. The spermatids then mature and, in animals, construct a tail, or flagellum, which gives rise to the mature, motile sperm cell. This whole process occurs constantly and takes around 3 months from start to finish. Sperm cells cannot divide and have a limited lifespan, but after fusion with egg cells during fertilisation, a new organism begins developing, starting as a totipotent zygote. The human sperm cell is haploid, so that its 23 chromosomes can join the 23 chromosomes of the female egg to form a diploid cell with 46 paired chromosomes. In mammals, sperm is stored in the epididymis and is released from the penis during ejaculation in a fluid known as semen. The word sperm is derived from the Greek word σπέρμα, sperma, meaning "seed".

ChatGPT

  1. sperm

    Sperm is the male reproductive cell or gamete. In mammals, it is usually a small, mobile cell that combines with the larger female egg in sexual reproduction to form a new organism- a process known as fertilization. It carries genetic information from the male and has structures to deliver this information to the female's egg. Its creation, through a process called spermatogenesis, takes place in the male reproductive organs. Sperm can vary significantly in shape and size among different animal species.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Spermnoun

    the male fecundating fluid; semen. See Semen

  2. Spermnoun

    spermaceti

  3. Etymology: [F. sperme, L. sperma, Gr. , , from to sow. Cf. Spore.]

Wikidata

  1. Sperm

    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. The band at this point decided to change to a heavy metal based style while retaining many elements of their EBM origins and influences. Sperm is widely regarded as the establishing album of the Neue Deutsche Härte genre.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Sperm

    spėrm, n. animal seed: spawn of fishes or frogs: spermaceti.—ns. Sper′maduct, a spermatic duct; Sper′maphore (bot.), a placenta; Sper′mary, the male germ-gland; Spermathē′ca, a spermatic case or sheath—also Spermatothē′ca.—adjs. Spermathē′cal; Spermat′ic, -al, pertaining to, or consisting of, sperm or seed, seminal: connected with the male function, testicular.—v.i. Sper′matise, to yield or to discharge semen.—ns. Sper′matism=Spermism; Sper′matist=Spermist; Spermā′tium, a minute spore within a spermogonium:—pl. Spermā′tia.—adj. Spermatō′al, pertaining to a spermatoon.—n. Sper′matoblast, the germ of a spermatozoon.—adj. Spermatoblas′tic.—ns. Sper′matocele, swelling of the testicle; Sper′matocyst, a seminal vesicle; Spermatocys′tis, inflammation of the seminal vesicles.—adj. Spermatocy′tal.—ns. Sper′matocyte, a mother-cell from which spermatozoids are developed; Spermatogem′ma, a mass of spermatocytes; Spermatogen′esis, the formation of spermatozoa.—adjs. Spermatogenet′ic, Spermatog′enous.—ns. Spermatog′eny, the generation of spermatozoa; Spermatogō′nium, one of the primitive seminal cells that by division form the spermatocytes.—adjs. Sper′matoid, sperm-like; Spermatolog′ical, pertaining to spermatology.—ns. Spermatol′ogist, one versed in spermatology; Spermatol′ogy, the knowledge of the facts about semen; Spermatō′on, the nucleus of a spermatozoon; Spermat′ōphōre, a case which in some Invertebrata encloses the spermatozoa.—adj. Spermatoph′orous.—ns. Spermatorrhē′a, involuntary seminal discharge; Spermatō′vum, a fecundated ovum; Spermatozō′id, Spermatozō′on, one of the male reproductive cells of animals, the physiological complements of the egg-cells or ova:—pl. Spermatozō′a; Sperm′-cell, a spermatozoon: a spermatoblast or a spermatocyte.—adj. Sper′mic=Spermaticns. Sper′mism, a seminal discharge: the theory that the male sperm holds the whole germ of the future animal; Sper′mist, one who holds the theory of spermism; Sperm′-nū′cleus, the nucleus of a spermatozoon; Sper′moderm, the whole integument of a seed; Spermogō′nium, the cavity in which, spermatia are produced; Sperm′-oil, oil from the sperm-whale; Spormol′ogy=Spermatology; Spermoph′ōrum, a seminal vesicle.—n.pl. Spermoph′yta, one of the four divisions of the vegetable kingdom including flowering plants.—ns. Sperm′ūle, a sperm-cell; Sperm′-whale, the cachalot, a species of whale from which spermaceti is obtained. [Fr.,—L. sperma—Gr. sperma, spermatosspeirein, to sow.]

Editors Contribution

  1. sperm

    A type of male body fluid.

    Sperm is released from the penis.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020  


  2. spermnoun

    Semen performing energetic radiating micronismatics. 1.) short for spermatozoon. 2.) spermaceti human seed.

    Men are the carriers of sperm in the human scientific book of intelligence.

    Etymology: Seed


    Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on June 26, 2024  

Entomology

  1. Sperm

    the seminal fluid: in plural form is sometimes used as = spermatozoa; q.v.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sperm in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sperm in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of sperm in a Sentence

  1. Ilpo Huhtaniemi:

    The biology is the biggest hurdle ... at every heartbeat men produce thousands of sperm.

  2. Elaine Lissner:

    It's a sticky gel that goes into [the tubes] and basically filters out sperm.

  3. Helene Duguet:

    Donating sperm is an intimate action of solidarity, the first step is to inform people that these donations are possible and can help people to form families. The idea is to encourage donors for years to come.

  4. Lisa Dabney:

    The reason that it’s not always true is because women are only fertile a few days a month, but that window is very different from woman to woman. Some women can have a 21-day cycle and some can have a 35-day cycle, and for the woman that has one week in the luteal phase (the time between ovulation and when you have your period) if she bleeds for seven days, she’s going to start ovulating while she’s still bleeding, and sperm can live for three days, so women can get pregnant if the length of their period is long.

  5. Khaled Kteily:

    You need to go back to the science, because men and women will listen to the science. We know that sperm counts have declined 50 to 60% over the last 40 years and that there is a crisis when it comes to male factor infertility, and also we need to raise awareness among men to talk about the challenges that they have faced with fertility.

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