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spermic

[ spur-mik ]
/ ˈspɜr mɪk /
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adjective
spermatic.
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Origin of spermic

First recorded in 1855–60; sperm- + -ic

Words nearby spermic

spermatotoxin, spermatozoid, spermatozoon, sperm bank, sperm cell, spermic, spermicide, spermidine, spermine, spermiogenesis, spermo-

Other definitions for spermic (2 of 2)

-spermic
variant of -spermal: endospermic.

Origin of -spermic

<New Latin -spermicus.See -sperm, -ic
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British Dictionary definitions for spermic

spermic
/ (ˈspɜːmɪk) /
adjective
another word for spermatic
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