Word Meanings - SPERMO- - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Combining forms from Gr. spe`rma, -atos, seed, sperm, semen (of plants or animals); as, spermatoblast, spermoblast.

• Spermospore
  The male germinal or seminal cell, from the breaking up of which the spermoblasts are formed and ultimately the spermatozoids; a spermatospore.
• Spermaphore
  That part of the ovary from which the ovules arise; the placenta.
• Spermatogenesis
  The development of the spermatozoids.
• Spermatogenetic
  Relating to, or connected with, spermatogenesis; as, spermatogenetic function.
• Spermidia
  of Spermidium
• Spermatogenous
  Sperm-producing.
• Spermidium
  An achenium.
• Sperm whale
  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
• Spermathecae
  of Spermatheca
• Spermatogonium
  A primitive seminal cell, occuring in masses in the seminal tubules. It divides into a mass (spermosphere) of small cells (spermoblast), which in turn give rise to spermatozoids.
• SPERMATOSPERMO
  Combining forms from Gr. seed, sperm, semen (of plants or animals); as, spermatoblast, spermoblast.
• Combinable
  Capable of combining; consistent with.
• Spermatheca
  A small sac connected with the female reproductive organs of insects and many other invertebrates, serving to receive and retain the spermatozoa.
• Spermatoid
  Spermlike; resembling sperm, or semen.
• Spermoblast
  One of the cells formed by the division of the spermospore, each of which is destined to become a spermatozoid; a spermatocyte; a spermatoblast.

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