单词 | monospermic |
释义 | monospermicadj. 1. Botany. = monospermous adj. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > plant having seed > [adjective] > of specific number or many monospermous1687 polyspermous1687 polysperm1729 dispermous1760 tetraspermous1760 trispermous1760 one-seededa1794 monosperm1838 dispermatous1854 monospermal1857 monospermatous1857 polyspermatous1858 tetraspermal1860 tetraspermatous1860 polyspermal1882 monospermic1891 1891 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Monospermic, the same as Monospermatous. 1906 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 198 374 Monospermic deciduous cone-scales with a bifurcated lamina. 2. Biology. Of the nature of, relating to, or arising by monospermy; (of an ovum) penetrated or fertilized by only one sperm. ΚΠ 1896 Arch. f. Entwickelungsmechanik der Organismen 2 272 A later stage in the development of a monospermic fragment is shown. 1900 E. B. Wilson Cell iv. 199 It is an interesting question how the entrance of supernumerary spermatozoa is prevented in normal monospermic fertilization. 1927 Q. Rev. Biol. 2 214 In the normally monospermic egg of Rana we can easily bring about a simultaneous penetration of several spermatozoa. 1945 Q. Rev. Biol. 20 38/1 Fertilization of frog's eggs is strictly monospermic under normal conditions. 1987 Nature 26 Feb. 763/1 Nonetheless, in the laboratory, eggs challenged by hundreds of spermatozoa are usually monospermic. 2001 Molecular Reprod. & Devel. 58 424 Replacement of caffeine with adenosine in fertilization medium improves monospermic penetration by frozen-thawed boar spermatozoa. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1891 |
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