spermatic
Americanadjective
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of or relating to spermatozoa
spermatic fluid
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of or relating to the testis
the spermatic artery
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of or relating to a spermary
Other Word Forms
- spermatically adverb
Etymology
Origin of spermatic
1530–40; < Late Latin spermaticus < Greek spermatikós relating to seed, equivalent to spermat- (stem of spérma ) sperm 1 + -ikos -ic
Example Sentences
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From the male reproductive organs, each testicular vein flows from the scrotum, forming a portion of the spermatic cord.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The flap which is thus formed being raised, the spermatic cord will be seen passing under the margin of the internal oblique and transverse muscles.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph
Not upwards, for such an incision would endanger the spermatic cord or round ligament, besides greatly weakening the abdominal wall by the division, partial or complete, of Poupart's ligament.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph
Next to the testes and enveloping the spermatic cord is a thin covering which is carried down into the scrotum when the testicle leaves the abdomen, where it is formed.
From The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction Also Sexual Hygiene with Special Reference to the Male by Hall, Winfield Scott
It may be the result, however, of local disease in the testicle, spermatic cord, or walls of the sac.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
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