Word Meanings - SPERMISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The theory, formerly held by many, that the sperm or spermatozoön contains the germ of the future embryo; animalculism.

• Spermatocyte
  Same as Spermoblast.
• Spermatozoa
  of Spermatozoon
• Spermoplasma
  The protoplasm of the sperm cell.
• SPERMWHALE
  A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This whale someti
• Embryonate
  Alt. of Embryonated
• Spermaceti
  A white waxy substance obtained from cavities in the head of the sperm whale, and used making candles, oilments, cosmetics, etc. It consists essentially of ethereal salts of palmitic acid with ethal and other hydrocarbon bases. The substance of sp
• Spermalist
  See Spermist.
• Spermatogemma
  Same as Spermosphere.
• Spermatozoon
  Same as Spermatozoid.
• Spermosphere
  A mass or ball of cells formed by the repeated division of a male germinal cell (spermospore), each constituent cell (spermoblast) of which is converted into a spermatozoid; a spermatogemma.
• Embryonated
  In the state of, or having, an embryonal.
• Spermaphore
  That part of the ovary from which the ovules arise; the placenta.
• Spermatogenesis
  The development of the spermatozoids.
• Spermospore
  The male germinal or seminal cell, from the breaking up of which the spermoblasts are formed and ultimately the spermatozoids; a spermatospore.
• Animalculism
  The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena by means of animalcules.
• Embryonic
  Of or pertaining to an embryo; embryonal; rudimentary.
• Spermatogenetic
  Relating to, or connected with, spermatogenesis; as, spermatogenetic function.
• Spermidia
  of Spermidium

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