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heterospermic

heterospermic adjective: containing a mixture of semen from two or more male animals.

Adjective

heterospermic (not comparable)

  1. Containing a mixture of semen from two or more male animals
    • After 48 hours, female animals were artificially inseminated with a heterospermic pool of semen from male animals of the same line to randomize male effect.2016 February 6, “Development of Cheaper Embryo Vitrification Device Using the Minimum Volume Method”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of heterospermic

From hetero- + -spermic.

Questions about heterospermic

What does heterospermic mean?
Heterospermic means containing a mixture of semen from two or more male animals.
What part of speech is heterospermic?
Heterospermic is an adjective.

Words near heterospermic in the dictionary

  1. heterospecies
  2. heterospecific
  3. heterospecifically
  4. heterospecificity
  5. heterospecifics
  6. heterospermic
  7. heterospermous
  8. heterospermy
  9. heterosphere
  10. heterospheres
  11. heterospheroid

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