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spermatic

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Adjective

HYPHEN

sper=mat=ic

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective spermatic has 1 sense

spermatic(a = adj.pert) spermous - consisting of or resembling spermatozoa; Array

Derived form noun sperm₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

spermatic, a. [L. spermaticus, Gr. : cf. F. spermatique. See Sperm.].

Of or pertaining to semen; as, the spermatic fluid, the spermatic vessels, etc. [1913 Webster]

Spermatic cord (Anat.), the cord which suspends the testicle within the scrotum. It is made up of a connective tissue sheath inclosing the spermatic duct and accompanying vessels and nerves.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

spermatic, adj. of or relating to a sperm or spermary.

Idiom

spermatic cord a bundle of nerves, ducts, and blood vessels passing to the testicles.

Etymology

LL spermaticus f. Gk spermatikos (as SPERM)

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THESAURUS

spermatic

cervical, clitoral, excretory, fecundative, fertilizing, gametic, gamic, genital, germinal, lachrymal, lachrymose, lacrimatory, lactational, lacteal, lacteous, life-giving, multiparous, ovarian, penial, penile, phallic, procreant, procreative, propagative, reproductive, rheumy, salivant, salivary, salivous, scrotal, secretional, secretive, secretory, seminal, serous, sexual, sialagogic, spermatozoal, spermatozoan, spermatozoic, spermic, sporal, sporogenous, sporoid, sporous, testicular, uterine, vaginal, vulval, vulvar, watering, watery

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spermatic

Productiveness

N productiveness, fecundity, fertility, luxuriance, uberty, pregnancy, pullulation, fructification, multiplication, propagation, procreation, superfetation, milch cow, rabbit, hydra, warren, seed plot, land flowing with milk and honey, second crop, aftermath, aftercrop, aftergrowth, arrish, eddish, rowen, protoplasm, fertilization, productive, prolific, teeming, teemful, fertile, fruitful, frugiferous, fruit-bearing, fecund, luxuriant, pregnant, uberous, procreant, procreative, generative, life-giving, spermatic, multiparous, omnific, propagable, parturient, profitable.

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