SPERM CELL

\spˈɜːm sˈɛl], \spˈɜːm sˈɛl], \s_p_ˈɜː_m s_ˈɛ_l]\
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  • A spermatozoon.
  • A spermatoblast.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
 
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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