Semen Definition

sēmən
semen, semina
noun
The thick, whitish fluid secreted by the male reproductive organs and containing the spermatozoa.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Semen

  • Middle English from Latin sēmen seed, semen sē- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin sÄ“men (“seed")

    From Wiktionary

Semen Sentence Examples

  • The body fluids which contain enough HIV to infect someone are blood, semen, vaginal fluids including menstrual blood, and breast milk.

  • Test bulls are used on recently calved cows (reduces semen costs ).

  • Emerging evidence from Denmark suggests a decline in semen quality in successive birth cohorts.

  • Here, the causal efficacy of the paternal human form is transmitted through the generative potentialities of the semen of the father.

  • Possibly the initial use of sexed semen will be to use heifer semen in those herds breeding their own heifer replacements.

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