spermatozoon
Americannoun
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spermatozoa
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noun
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spermatozoa
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Etymology
Origin of spermatozoon
From New Latin, dating back to 1830–40; see origin at spermato-, -zoon
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The Oklahoma measure defines fertilisation as the "fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum".
From BBC ● May 19, 2022
Since there was no spermatozoon in the case of the fatherless rabbit, therefore no male-determining pattern, the Pincus rabbit is a female.
From Time Magazine Archive
Normally the male spermatozoon is what determines the sex of the offspring.
From Time Magazine Archive
If a y-chromosome spermatozoon happens to penetrate the female ovum, the get is a boy; if an x-chromosome, it is a girl.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is perfectly possible, however, that syphilitic infective material may accompany the spermatozoon and so bring about the occurrence of syphilis in the offspring.
From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
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
You let him wear sideburns, one shaped like larva and the other spermatozoa.
From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2019
The spermatozoa themselves may well be affected by loss of ATP.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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