Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A spermatozoön: so called from its morphological valence as a cell.
- noun A cell giving rise to spermatozoa; a spermatoblast or spermatocyte.
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Examples
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If the sperm-cell travels to the ovarium it generally takes from three to five days to make the journey.
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Sir Clifford Allbutt's view, referred to in the following letter, probably had reference to the fact that the sperm-cell goes, or is carried, to the germ-cell, never vice versa.
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Entry for these is provided by the union of the germ-cell with the male sperm-cell. 7
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If the sperm-cell travels to the ovarium it generally takes from three to five days to make the journey.
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It is generally known that human beings result from the union of an egg-cell and a sperm-cell, but it is not so universally understood that these germ-cells are part of a continuous stream of germ-plasm which has been in existence ever since the appearance of life on the globe, and which is destined to continue in existence as long as life remains on the globe.
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Sir Clifford Allbutt's view, referred to in the following letter, probably had reference to the fact that the sperm-cell goes, or is carried, to the germ-cell, never vice versa.
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In the higher animals the egg or ovum is produced by the female, and is fertilized by the sperm-cell produced by the male.
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From the usually annual period of flowering in plants, with its play of sperm-cell and germ-cell and consequent seed-production, through the varying sexual energies of animals, up to the monthly effervescence of the generative organism in woman, seeking not without the shedding of blood for the gratification of its reproductive function, from first to last we find unfailing evidence of the periodicity of sex.
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There is no reason to suppose that the germ-cell and the sperm-cell are essentially different from each other.
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In the very nature of the sperm-cell and the germ-cell we find this difference: the one attracts, gathers, draws in; the other repels, scatters, pushes out.
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