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sperm

[spurm] / spɜrm /


NOUN
seminal fluid
Synonyms


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After 30 years of imagining who his father might be, Arthur finally made contact with his sperm donor on Christmas Day in 2017.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Rachel selected an anonymous Danish sperm donor on the Cryos website.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

That is despite Dogus having advertised its relationship with the sperm bank as a key selling point for many years.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Rachel says she spent years questioning whether she had been given the wrong sperm donor during her treatment at Dogus IVF Centre.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

But the sperm whale...it crashed boats into toothpicks.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

They identified these sperms by measuring how much calcium they absorbed.

From Science Daily Mar. 5, 2024

Using the method, the team focused on sperms with defective capacitation, a process through which sperms become capable of fertilizing an egg.

From Science Daily Mar. 5, 2024

“If we want to go international and help women and couples in different parts of the world, we need non-Danish sperm, sperms of all colours,” says Schou.

From Newsweek Mar. 13, 2015

The history of endocrinology can be traced back to Dr.Brown-Séquard injecting himself with dog sperms to study its effect on his vitality and vigor.

From Scientific American Jun. 14, 2011

We may assume that the eggs and sperms have reached such a stage in their life history that they are now mature.

From Embryology The Beginnings of Life by Gerald R. Leighton




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