spermatozoon

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From Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “sperm”) + ζῷον (zōîon, “living thing”), equivalent to spermato- + -zoon.

The pranic lifetrons in the spermatozoa and ova, for instance, guide the embryonic development according to a karmic design. — Autobiography of a Yogi, Paramahansa Yogananda
But other researches of Charrin have resulted in showing that the same effect may be produced, by an analogous process, on the spermatozoa and the ova. — Creative Evolution, Bergson, Henri
Must we accept the view of Empedocles of Trinacria that the right ovary (the postmenstrual period, assert others) is responsible for the birth of males or are the too long neglected spermatozoa or nemasperms the differentiating factors or is it, as most embryologists incline to opine, such as Culpepper, Spallanzani, Blumenbach, Lusk, Hertwig, Leopold and Valenti, a mixture of both? — Ulysses, James Joyce

sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoan

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