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What is a spermatozoon?

What is a spermatozoon? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (cytology) A reproductive cell or gamete of a male, carried in semen, that fertilizes an ovum to produce a zygote.
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Each of these processes becomes a male gamete termed a microgamete which is equivalent to a mammalian spermatozoon.
All our cells contain the same genetic program, that of the egg-cell resulting from the fusion of a spermatozoon and an ovule.
There is a complex method for artificial insemination, which involves a special treatment of the spermatozoon.
That one spermatozoon out of the several millions is referred to in the Qur'an as sulaalah.
The annulate corpuscle of the spermatozoon is the metamorphosed nucleus of the cell from which the spermatozoon is developed.
We rather think of the latter as a new form of life to whose nature both the ovum and the spermatozoon have made significant contributions.

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