单词 | semen |
释义 | semenn. 1. The impregnating fluid of male animals; the seed or sperm. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > sexual organs > semen semena1398 geniture1615 the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > reproductive substances or cells > [noun] > sperm > semen seedOE naturec1390 semena1398 kindc1400 semence1480 mettle1612 egg-fry1674 ammunition1695 spunkc1890 jism1899 scum1967 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. i. 1103 Þe senewe..by þe whiche semen schulde come dounward to effecte of generacioun. 1726 P. Dudley in Philos. Trans. 1725 (Royal Soc.) 33 266 Some took it to be the true and proper Semen, being only found in the Bull [whale], at the Root of the Penis. 1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 164 The mode of passage of the semen into the funnel is not known. 2. semen bank n. a store of semen which is kept available for artificial insemination. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > reproductive substances or cells > [noun] > sperm > semen > sperm bank semen bank1954 sperm bank1963 1954 Fertility & Sterility V. 28 A semen bank could be organized and maintained, with the same scientific attitude and spirit of research as is found in all other therapies for helping the infertile. 1972 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 10 June 40/3 Semen banks..are gaining popularity among vasectomy candidates as a solution to the irreversibility problem. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398 |
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