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
The spermatozoa themselves may well be affected by loss of ATP.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
