spermatozoon
noun
one of the minute, usually actively motile gametes in semen, which serve to fertilize the ovum; a mature male reproductive cell.
spermatozoa
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pluralof spermatozoon.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Mature spermatozoa are characterized by an head, midpiece and a long tail for locomotion.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2023
Converting these cells into viable spermatozoa could help to save the critically endangered animal from extinction.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 29, 2023
In medical nomenclature, this would be four weeks of gestational age, though it is only two weeks after that egg was released from the ovary, met a spermatozoa, and formed an embryo.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2022
The study, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, found the virus in about 4 percent of the spermatozoa of a 32-year-old man who had had Zika symptoms more than four months earlier.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2016
Some indication of the possible effect on human beings is seen in medical reports of oligospermia, or reduced production of spermatozoa, among aviation crop dusters applying DDT.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
