spermatozoa
- plural of spermatozoon.
Example Sentences
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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
On Thursday, French researchers reported that the virus can penetrate individual spermatozoa.
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
