spermiates
spermiates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spermiate.
Meaning of spermiate
Verb
spermiate (third-person singular simple present spermiates, present participle spermiating, simple past and past participle spermiated)
- To release from Sertoli cells into the seminiferous tubule lumen prior to passage to the epididymis.
- Two-year-old male yellow perch were induced to spermiate at the end of February 1992.1993, A. Ciereszko, “Cryopreservation of Yellow Perch Semen”, in The Progressive Fish-culturist, page 261
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- What is spermiates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Spermiates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spermiate.
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