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Definition of Semen

1. Noun. The thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract.

Definition of Semen

1. n. The seed of plants.

Definition of Semen

1. Noun. The fluid, produced in male reproductive organs of an animal, that contains the reproductive cells. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Semen

1. a fluid produced in the male reproductive organs [n -MINA or -MENS]

Medical Definition of Semen

1. Ejaculate. The fluid released at orgasm which contains sperm and secretions from the prostate gland. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Semen

Literary usage of Semen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anomalies and curiosities of medicine by George Milbry Gould, Walter Lytle Pyle (1901)
"cially supposed to be the case in satyriasis,«in which the preternatural exit was due to superabundance of semen, which could be recognized by its odor. ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1853)
"On the Existence of semen in Aged Men. By M. DUPLAY.—It is a long- established notion that the secretion of semen is entirely arrested in old men, ..."

3. A Textbook of Physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"The semen contains a relatively large quantity of solid matter, and this in turn is to a great extent furnished by the spermatozoa; indeed the spermatozoa ..."

4. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1894)
"The semen contains a relatively large quantity of solid matter, and this in turn is to a great extent furnished by the spermatozoa ; indeed the spermatozoa ..."

5. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"MATERIALS AND METHODS Buffalo semen, prostatic fluid and cervical ... Specific antibodies to buffalo semen were prepared from the blood of rabbits immunised ..."

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