SEMEN
\sˈiːmən], \sˈiːmən], \s_ˈiː_m_ə_n]\
Definitions of SEMEN
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms (6th edition)
- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
- 1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By J.H. Kenneth
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s[=e]'men, n. the impregnating fluid of male animals, usually whitish, viscid, containing innumerable spermatozoa. [L.]
By Thomas Davidson
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Sperm-s. Badian, Ulicium anisatum-s. Cinae, see Artemisia santonica- s. Contra, see Artemisia santonica- s. Contra d’Alep, Artemisia santonica-s. Contra vermes, Artemisia santonica-s. Masculinum seu virile seu genitale, Sperm-s. Muliebre, Sperm (of the female) - s. Sanctum, see Artemisia santonica- s. Santonici, see Artemisia santonica-s. Zedoariae, see Artemisia santonica.
By Robley Dunglison
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[Latin] A seed; in pharmacy, a name often given to seed-like fruits. S. contra, see Santonica.
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[Latin] The sperm; the liquid secreted by the testicles and ejaculated during copulation. It consists of a thick whitish liquid composed of a clear fluid (liquor seminis) in which float spermatozoa, granular corpuscles (seminal granules), fine granular matter, oil-globules, and epithelial cells.
By Alexander Duane
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Generative fluid of male animals. [Latin]
By Sir Augustus Henry
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Latin] Seed, especially the male generative product of animals; sperm.