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spermiation

spermiation noun: the release of mature spermatozoa from Sertoli cells.

Noun

spermiation (countable and uncountable, plural spermiations)

  1. The release of mature spermatozoa from Sertoli cells
    • Fish were sampled on the 5 th, 6 th and 8 th of May. Horizontal diamonds indicate the spermiation period for the AP and NP groups.2015 December 8, “Photoperiodic Modulation of Circadian Clock and Reproductive Axis Gene Expression in the Pre-Pubertal European Sea Bass Brain”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of spermiation

pluralspermiations

Origin of spermiation

From spermiate + -ion or directly from spermio- + -ation.

Questions about spermiation

What does spermiation mean?
Spermiation means the release of mature spermatozoa from Sertoli cells.
What part of speech is spermiation?
Spermiation is a noun.
What is the plural of spermiation?
The plural of spermiation is spermiations.

Words near spermiation in the dictionary

  1. spermheads
  2. spermiate
  3. spermiated
  4. spermiates
  5. spermiating
  6. spermiation
  7. spermiations
  8. spermic
  9. spermicidal
  10. spermicidals
  11. spermicide

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