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se·men

(sē′mən)

A viscous whitish secretion of the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa and consisting of secretions of the testes, seminal vesicles, prostate, and bulbourethral glands. Also called seminal fluid.

[Middle English, from Latin sēmen, seed, semen; see sē- in Indo-European roots.]

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semen

(ˈsiːmɛn)

1. (Physiology) the thick whitish fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated from the male genital tract

2. (Physiology) another name for sperm¹

[C14: from Latin: seed]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

se•men

(ˈsi mən)

n.

a viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing sperm.

[1350–1400; < Latin sēmen seed]

se·men

(sē′mən)

A whitish fluid that is produced by the reproductive organs of male mammals and carries sperm cells.

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semen

Fluid containing sperm and secretions from accessory male sex glands.

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Noun

semen - the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

come, cum, ejaculate, seminal fluid, seed

milt - seminal fluid produced by male fish

bodily fluid, body fluid, liquid body substance, humour, humor - the liquid parts of the body

sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoan, spermatozoon - the male reproductive cell; the male gamete; "a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material"

semen

noun sperm, seed (archaic or dialect), spunk (taboo), scum (U.S. slang), seminal fluid, come or cum (taboo), jism or jissom (taboo), spermatic fluid semen ejaculated by the male during orgasm

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

semen

noun

The male fluid of fertilization:

seed, sperm.

Translations

semeno

Samen

σπέρμα

semen

siemennestesperma

semence sperme graine

sáðsáðvökvisæði

정액좆물

spermă

sädesvätskasperma

döl meni sperm

semen

[ˈsiːmən] N → semen m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

semen

[ˈsiːmən] n → sperme m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

semen

n → Samenflüssigkeit f, → Sperma nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

semen

[ˈsiːmən] n → seme m, sperma m

semen

n semen m, esperma m&f

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So much snow and so great heat are never met with in the same region; and indeed I never saw snow in Abyssinia, except on Mount Semen in the kingdom of Tigre, very remote from the Nile, and on Namera, which is indeed not far distant, but where there never falls snow sufficient to wet the foot of the mountain when it is melted.

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"Dear me--is it possible?" observed the clerk, while his face assumed an expression of great deference and servility--if not of absolute alarm: "what, a son of that very Semen Rogojin-- hereditary honourable citizen--who died a month or so ago and left two million and a half of roubles?"

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SEXED semen use is on the rise and is helping farmers reduce rearing costs by only breeding the replacement heifers that they need.

A process to get the most from your herd

Researchers said that semen could help change characteristics of vaginal tissue immune cells that HIV commonly affects.

Sperm Exposure May Help Women Avoid HIV

According to Bromage and Roberts (1995), the successful fertilization is the ultimate test to evaluate the semen quality, being widely used in artificial breeding and sperm conservation.

Quality of fresh and cryopreserved semen and their influence on the rates of fertilization, hatching and quality of the larvae of Piaractus mesopotamicus/Qualidade do semen fresco e criopreservado e sua influencia nas taxas de fertilizacao, eclosao e qualidade das larvas de Piaractus mesopotamicus

Keywords: Gurcu goats, phosholipase A2, seasonal variation, semen characteristics, testes, testosterone.

SEASONAL CHANGES IN TESTES SIZE, FRESH AND POST-THAWING SEMEN CHARACTERISTICS, SERUM TESTOSTERONE LEVEL, AND PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 ACTIVITY IN GURCU MALE GOATS

Furthermore, detection of replicative virus in semen and sexual transmission of the infection resulted in a paradigm shift in Zika virus virology (2,3).

Peripheral Plasma and Semen Cytokine Response to Zika Virus in Humans

Present study was conducted to determine the effect of in vitro selenium addition to the semen extender on chilled and frozen thawed quality of Kundhi buffalo bull semen.

Effect of in vitro Selenium Addition to the Semen Extender on the Spermatozoa Characteristics before and after Freezing in Kundhi Buffalo Bull and in vivo Fertility Rate

Modifying the ratio of the X- bearing chromosome to the Y-bearing chromosome of bull semen by the flow cytometry technique has increased the chance for calving the desirable gender (usually female) in the last decade.

Impact of applying sex sorted semen on the selection proportion of the sire of dams selection pathway in a nucleus program

The big question often asked by dairy farmers is that what is the role of bull semen in cattle improvement.