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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs sperm, spermatize and spermiate which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

spermatic
  1. of, pertaining to, or resembling sperm
  2. producing, conveying or containing sperm; seminiferous
  3. (archaic) generative
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “The middle suprarenal sometimes provides a spermatic artery, more frequently on the left than on the right side.”
      “The presence of blind-ending spermatic vessels confirms an absent testis, allowing termination of the procedure without a groin incision.”
      “The inflammatory process also focally affected the epididymis and diffusely affected the peritesticular soft tissues and spermatic cord.”
sperminated
  1. (organic chemistry) Reacted or polymerized with spermine
  2. (informal) pregnant
spermed
  1. (in combination) Having (or having the characteristics associated with) a specified form of sperm
spermatophorous
  1. Producing seed or sperm; seminiferous.
spermatozoic
  1. (cytology) Of or pertaining to spermatozoa; of the nature of spermatozoa.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “That the rockets produce their spermatozoic fizzle inside a womblike cave only makes the equation more interesting.”
spermatogenetic
  1. Of or pertaining to spermatogenesis.
spermatogonial
  1. Of or pertaining to the spermatogonia
  2. Examples:
    1. “In addition, the testes contained highly refractile cysts that most likely represent degenerating cysts of spermatogonial cells.”
      “At the apical end of the testes, stem cells divide to produce a spermatogonial cell that undergoes four rounds of mitosis to produce 16 primary spermatocytes.”
      “A maximum of 50 offspring were tested from each ENU-treated male to prevent the recovery of identical mutations from the limited population of spermatogonial stem cells.”
spermatogenic
  1. of or relating to spermatogenesis
spermatoblastic
  1. of or relating to a spermatoblast
spermathecal
  1. Of or pertaining to a spermatheca.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The spermathecal opening above the ventral valves was not visible due either to damage during dissections or incomplete removal of subgenital plates.”
      “The spermathecal and internal male terminalia structures, especially the unique basiphallus-distiphallus junction, provide strong evidence for the monophyly of this group.”
      Spermathecal filling in the rove beetle Drusilla canaliculata.”
spermatozoan
  1. Of or pertaining to spermatozoa
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The motility of the spermatozoan tail depends on the contractility of its protein fibrils, which resemble myosin threads.”
      “In addition to this, all of the products were confirmed to enhance spermatozoan function, in vitro fertilization and early embryonic development.”
      “Although spermiogenesis and spermatozoan morphology are similar among most insect species, many species also exhibit certain distinctive characteristics.”
spermatozoal
  1. Of or pertaining to spermatozoa
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In this open study we investigated the correlation between seminal carnitine levels and spermatozoal function in infertile men.”
      “One person determined spermatozoal motility using light microscopy for five microscopic fields for each collection.”
      “In fact, post-storage spermatozoal motility from many stallions processed by this method is.”
spermiogenic
  1. Relating to spermiogenesis
spermlike
  1. Resembling sperm or an individual sperm.
  2. Synonyms:
spermatoid
  1. (biology) Resembling sperm or semen.
spermatick
  1. Obsolete form of spermatic.
spermatocidal
  1. Synonym of spermicidal
spermicidal
  1. Having the ability to kill sperm.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Ultrastructural, fertility, and spermicidal studies with isomers and derivatives of gossypol in male hamsters.”
spermic
  1. Of or pertaining to sperm.
  2. Examples:
    1. “But whenever the female lays a clutch of eggs, the male is well positioned to fertilize them by releasing a spermic plume.”
spermous
  1. Relating to sperm.
spermatical
spermatogenous
  1. (physiology) Producing sperm.
spermless
  1. Without sperm.
sperming
  1. present participle of sperm
spermatized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of spermatize
  2. Synonyms:
spermatizing
spermiated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of spermiate
spermiating
  1. present participle of spermiate
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