Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - sperm
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(sperms, or sperm) 1. A sperm is a cell which is produced in the sex organs of a male animal and can enter a female animal’s egg and fertilize it. Any disease which undermines a man’s general health will interfere with his sperm production... Doctor believed that his low sperm count was the problem. N-COUNT 2. Sperm is used to refer to the liquid that contains sperm when it is produced. ...a sperm donor. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French e~e, ~e, from Late Latin ~at-, ~a, from Greek, literally, seed, from speirein to sow; probably akin to Armenian p'aratem I dispense Date: 14th century 1. a. semen b. a male gamete; especially ~atozoon 1 2. a product of the ~ whale ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. same or sperms) 1 = SPERMATOZOON. 2 the male reproductive fluid containing spermatozoa; semen. 3 = sperm whale. 4 = SPERMACETI. 5 = sperm oil. Phrases and idioms sperm bank a supply of semen stored for use in artificial insemination. sperm count the number of spermatozoa in one ejaculation or a measured amount of semen. sperm oil an oil obtained from the head of a sperm whale, and used as a lubricant. sperm whale a large whale, Physeter macrocephalus, hunted for the spermaceti and sperm oil contained in its bulbous head, and for the ambergris found in its intestines: also called CACHALOT. Etymology: ME f. LL sperma f. Gk sperma -atos seed f. speiro sow: in sperm whale an abbr. of SPERMACETI ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. физиол. сперма 2. физиол. сперматозоид, мужская половая клетка 3. сокр. от спец. спермацет 4. сокр. от sperm-whale зоол. кашалот (Physeter catodon) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- c.1375, probably from O.Fr. esperme, from L.L. sperma "seed, semen," from Gk. sperma "seed," from speirein "to sow, scatter," from PIE *sper- "to strew." Sperm whale (1830) is a shortening of spermaceti whale (so called because the waxy substance in its head was mistaken for sperm), from spermaceti (1471), from M.L. sperma ceti "sperm of a whale" (from L. cetus "large sea animal"). Spermatozoon is an 1836 formation from Gk. spermato-, combining form of sperma (gen. spermatos) + zoion "animal." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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