spermatic
English
Alternative forms
- spermatick (obsolete)
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 […]
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book I, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 11:
Derived terms
- spermatic artery
- spermatic chord
- spermatic fascia
- spermatic plexus
- spermatic vein
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