Defn: Of or pertaining to sperm, or semen.
SPERMIDIUM
Sper*mid"i*um, n.; pl. Spermidia. Etym: [Nl., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: An achenium.
SPERMISM
Sperm"ism, n. [Gr. seed, sperm + -ism.] (Biol.)
Defn: The theory, formerly held by many, that the sperm or spermatozoön contains the germ of the future embryo; animalculism.
SPERMIST
Sperm"ist, n. (Biol.)
Defn: A believer in the doctrine, formerly current, of encasement in the male (see Encasement), in which the seminal thread, or spermatozoid, was considered as the real animal germ, the head being the true animal head and the tail the body.
SPERMOBLAST
Sper"mo*blast, n. Etym: [Spermo- + -blast.] (Physiol.)
Defn: One of the cells formed by the diivision of the spermospore, each of which is destined to become a spermatozoid; a spermatocyte; a spermatoblast.
SPERMOCOCCUS
Sper`mo*coc"cus, n. Etym: [NL. See Spermo-, and Coccus.] (Physiol.)