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  • noun Plural form of zygote.

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Examples

  • Thomas Aquinas, the "go to" theologian for so much Catholic doctrine, once argued that male masturbation (onanism) was a kind of murder (this at a time when current belief held that sperm contained what we'd today call entire "zygotes").

    Michele Somerville: A Pro-Life Prayer On The Anniversary Of Roe v. Wade Michele Somerville 2011

  • Thomas Aquinas, the "go to" theologian for so much Catholic doctrine, once argued that male masturbation (onanism) was a kind of murder (this at a time when current belief held that sperm contained what we'd today call entire "zygotes").

    Michele Somerville: A Pro-Life Prayer On The Anniversary Of Roe v. Wade Michele Somerville 2011

  • "No one's even talking about aborting zygotes!" bleat the liberals.

    David Misch: Votes for Zygotes! David Misch 2011

  • If a fetus is a potential human being and a zygote a potential fetus, aren't the man's thoughts potential zygotes and therefore potential fetuses feti? and therefore potential human beings worthy of legal protection?

    David Misch: Votes for Zygotes! David Misch 2011

  • I dream of the day when every (young fertile) American woman (who recently had sex) can say "I have zygotes... and they vote!"

    David Misch: Votes for Zygotes! David Misch 2011

  • That zygotes are as much potential human beings as fetuses should be obvious to any unbiased, uneducated, unthinking observer.

    David Misch: Votes for Zygotes! David Misch 2011

  • Rick Santorum continues to be all about the zygotes.

    Will Durst: Dark Wizards Convene Will Durst 2011

  • If a fetus is a potential human being and a zygote a potential fetus, aren't the man's thoughts potential zygotes and therefore potential fetuses feti? and therefore potential human beings worthy of legal protection?

    David Misch: Votes for Zygotes! David Misch 2011

  • Rick Santorum continues to be all about the zygotes.

    Will Durst: Dark Wizards Convene Will Durst 2011

  • That zygotes are as much potential human beings as fetuses should be obvious to any unbiased, uneducated, unthinking observer.

    David Misch: Votes for Zygotes! David Misch 2011

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