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English
Etymology
From Middle English spermatik, from Latin spermaticus, from Ancient Greek σπερματικός (spermatikós).
Pronunciation
Adjective
spermatic (comparative more spermatic, superlative most spermatic)
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling sperm.
- Producing, conveying or containing sperm; seminiferous.
- (archaic) Generative.
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book I, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 11:
- or some hidden Spermatick power has gendered these both Anchors, Urnes, Coins, and Sculls in the ground
Derived terms
Translations
of, pertaining to, or resembling sperm
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Noun
spermatic (plural spermatics)
- (anatomy, archaic) Short for spermatic artery.
1853, The Encyclopaedia Britannica, page 791:The abdominal portion is supplied from the spermatics, the lumbar, and in some instances the mesocolic artery.
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French spermatique. Equivalent to spermă + -atic.
Pronunciation
Adjective
spermatic m or n (feminine singular spermatică, masculine plural spermatici, feminine and neuter plural spermatice)
- spermatic
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