sperm bank

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noun

a repository for storing sperm and keeping it viable under scientifically controlled conditions prior to its use in artificial insemination.

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Origin of sperm bank

First recorded in 1970–75

Words nearby sperm bank

spermatotoxic, spermatotoxin, spermatozoid, spermatozoon, spermaturia, sperm bank, sperm cell, spermi-, spermic, spermicide, spermidine

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How to use sperm bank in a sentence

One that they cannot cash in at the bank to pay for their flats.
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A tugboat improbably sits high on the bank, obscured by tall grass, a broken oil rig hangs over the water nearby.
The Congo's Forgotten Colonial Getaway|Nina Strochlic|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But just up the steep river bank and through the brush is an opening.
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He was surprised that the central bank did not understand that.
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At this point in his life, Denton has enough filthy lucre in his bank account to affect a certain lack of interest in the stuff.
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In sorting notes it is necessary to be able readily to distinguish between notes of this bank and notes of other reserve banks.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
Thus far Boston banks have received more benefits from this bank than have the other banks in this district.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
The weed growing over every water, and at the bank of the river, shall be pulled up before all grass.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
The dormant accounts most of the banks maintain with the reserve bank are, perhaps, indicative of their attitude toward it.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
At the reserve bank they may borrow as a standing right and not as a favor which may be cut off.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips

British Dictionary definitions for sperm bank

sperm bank

noun

a place in which semen is stored until it is required for artificial insemination

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