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sperm(genetic biology) |
- Grammar: noun
singular and plural - Definition: a male gamete or reproductive cell
- Example:
1. Human sperm are produced by specialised germ line tissue in seminiferous tubules.
2. Sperm are specially designed to fertilise egg cells. - Related Word: spermatic, spermic, spermous (adjective)
- Related Compound: spermatic fluid, spermatic sac, spermatocyte, spermatogenesis, spermicide
- Alternative Form: spermatozoon,
plural: spermatozoa
- Search history: sperm <- triphosphate
