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-spermic

-spermic suffix: having or relating to a medical condition in -spermia.

Suffix

-spermic (adjective-forming suffix)

  1. Having or relating to a medical condition in -spermia
    • hypo- + -spermic → hypospermic
  2. Involving a specified number of sperm cells
    • mono- + -spermic → monospermic
  3. Containing sperm from a specified number of male animals
    • hetero- + -spermic → heterospermic

Origin of -spermic

From Ancient Greek -σπερμος (-spermos) [itself from σπέρμα (spérma) + -ος (-os)] (as used, for example, in ἄσπερμος (áspermos)) + -ic.

Questions about -spermic

What does -spermic mean?
-spermic means having or relating to a medical condition in -spermia.
What part of speech is -spermic?
-spermic is a suffix.

Words near -spermic in the dictionary

  1. -sonas
  2. -sophy
  3. -speak
  4. -spect
  5. -spermia
  6. -spermic
  7. -spermous
  8. -sphere
  9. -spheres
  10. -spirone
  11. -splain

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