Topic: BIOLOGY
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Late Latin |
| Origin: | sperma, from Greek, 'seed' |
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sperm
plural sperm or sperms
plural sperm or sperms1HB [countable] also sperm cell a cell produced by the sex organs of a male person or animal, which is able to join with the female egg to produce a new life
2 [uncountable]HB the liquid from the male sex organs that these cells swim in [= semen]
3 a medical measurement of the number of sperm a man has, which shows if he is able to make a woman pregnant
