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Sperm

The male fecundating fluid; semen. See Semen.

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Broader term 1

gamete 76% connected

A reproductive cell, such as a sperm or egg

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Spermatic 74% connected

Of or pertaining to semen; as, the spermatic fluid, the spermatic vessels, etc.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Spermatic 74% connected

Of or pertaining to semen; as, the spermatic fluid, the spermatic vessels, etc.

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Containing whole 4

Come 70% connected

of Come

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Ejaculate 70% connected

To throw out suddenly and swiftly, as if a dart; to dart; to eject.

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Seed 70% connected

of Seed

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Semen 70% connected

The seed of plants.

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Flagellum 70% connected

A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses.

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Synonym 1

Spermatozoon 92% connected

Same as Spermatozoid.

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Cell noun · 78% connection

(biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may…

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Active transport noun · 78% connection

transport of a substance (as a protein or drug) across a cell membrane against the concentration gradient; requires an expenditure of…

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Apoptosis noun · 78% connection

a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…

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Caspase-mediated cell death noun · 78% connection

a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…

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cell membrane noun · 78% connection

a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…

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Cell organ noun · 78% connection

a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus"

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Cell organelle noun · 78% connection

a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus"

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Chromatin noun · 78% connection

the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses…

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Chromatin granule noun · 78% connection

the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses…

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Chromosome noun · 78% connection

a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order; "humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex…

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Cytol noun · 78% connection

the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism

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Cytomembrane noun · 78% connection

a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…

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Cytoplasm noun · 78% connection

the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism

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Cytoskeleton noun · 78% connection

a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence

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Dictyosome noun · 78% connection

a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)

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Golgi apparatus noun · 78% connection

a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)

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Golgi body noun · 78% connection

a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)

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Golgi complex noun · 78% connection

a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)

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Bull noun · 78% connection

The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.

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Castrato noun · 78% connection

A male person castrated for the purpose of improving his voice for singing; an artificial, or male, soprano.

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Catamenia noun · 78% connection

the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to e…

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Fertilization noun · 78% connection

The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable germs; esp., the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule f…

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Flow noun · 78% connection

the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to e…

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He obj. · 78% connection

Man; a male; any male person; -- in this sense used substantively.

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Hectocotylus noun · 78% connection

One of the arms of the male of most kinds of cephalopods, which is specially modified in various ways to effect the fertilization of t…

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Horse noun · 78% connection

The male of the genus horse, in distinction from the female or male; usually, a castrated male.

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Mal- unknown · 78% connection

A prefix in composition denoting ill,or evil, F. male, adv., fr. malus, bad, ill. In some words it has the form male-, as in maledicti…

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Male verb · 78% connection

Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; as, male courage.

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Man noun · 78% connection

Especially: An adult male person; a grown-up male person, as distinguished from a woman or a child.

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Master noun · 78% connection

A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; -- formerl…

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Menses noun · 78% connection

the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to e…

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Menstruation noun · 78% connection

the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to e…

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Menstruum noun · 78% connection

the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to e…

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Micropyle noun · 78% connection

An opening in the outer coat of a seed, through which the fecundating pollen enters the ovule.

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Mule noun · 78% connection

A plant or vegetable produced by impregnating the pistil of one species with the pollen or fecundating dust of another; -- called also…

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