Spermatozoön Sper`ma·to·zo"ön noun ;
plural Spermatozoa . [ New Latin , from Greek ........., sperm + ......... an animal.]
(Biol.) Same as Spermatozoid .
Spermatoön Sper`ma·to"ön noun ;
plural Spermatoa . [ New Latin , from Greek
spe`rma ,
-atos , seed + ......... an egg.]
(Anat.) A spermoblast. --
Sper`ma*to"al adjective Owen.
Spermic Sper"mic adjective Of or pertaining to sperm, or semen.
Spermidium Sper·mid"i·um noun ;
plural Spermidia . [ Nl., from Greek
spe`rma seed.]
(Botany) An achenium.
Spermism Sperm"ism noun [ Greek ... seed, sperm +
-ism .]
(Biol.) The theory, formerly held by many, that the sperm or spermatozoön contains the germ of the future embryo; animalculism.
Spermist Sperm"ist noun (Biol.) A believer in the doctrine, formerly current, of encasement in the male (see Encasement ), in which the seminal thread, or spermatozoid, was considered as the real animal germ, the head being the true animal head and the tail the body.
Spermoblast Sper"mo·blast noun [
Spermo- +
-blast .]
(Physiol.) One of the cells formed by the division of the spermospore, each of which is destined to become a spermatozoid; a spermatocyte; a spermatoblast.
Spermococcus Sper`mo·coc"cus noun [ New Latin See
Spermo- , and
Coccus .]
(Physiol.) The nucleus of the sperm cell.
Spermoderm Sper"mo·derm noun [
Spermo- +
derm : confer French
spermoderme .]
(Botany) The covering of a seed; -- sometimes limited to the outer coat or testa. Lindley.
Spermogonium Sper`mo·go"ni·um noun [ New Latin ;
spermo- + Greek ......... offspring.]
(Botany) A conceptacle of certain lichens, which contains spermatia.
Spermologist Sper·mol"o·gist noun [ Greek ............... picking up seeds;
spe`rma sperm, seed + ............ to gather.]
One who treats of, or collects, seeds. Bailey.
Spermophile Sper"mo·phile noun [ Greek
spe`rma a seed +
fi`los loving, fond.]
(Zoology) Any ground squirrel of the genus Spermophilus ; a gopher. See Illust. under Gopher .
Spermophore Sper"mo·phore noun (Zoology) A spermatophore.
Spermophyta Sper·moph"y·ta noun plural [ Nl., from Greek
spe`rma a seed +
fyto`n a plant.]
Plants which produce seed; phænogamia. These plants constitute the highest grand division of the vegetable kingdom.
Spermophyte Sper"mo·phyte noun (Botany) Any plant which produces true seeds; -- a term recently proposed to replace phænogam .
Spermophytic Sper`mo·phyt"ic adjective (Botany) Capable of producing seeds; phænogamic.
Spermoplasma Sper`mo·plas"ma noun [ New Latin See
Spermo- , and
Plasma .]
(Physiol.) The protoplasm of the sperm cell. Haeckel.
Spermosphere Sper"mo·sphere noun [
Spermo- +
sphere .]
(Physiol.) A mass or ball of cells formed by the repeated division of a male germinal cell (spermospore), each constituent cell (spermoblast) of which is converted into a spermatozoid; a spermatogemma.
Spermospore Sper"mo·spore noun [
Spermo- +
spore .]
(Physiol.) The male germinal or seminal cell, from the breaking up of which the spermoblasts are formed and ultimately the spermatozoids; a spermatospore. Balfour.
Spermule Sper"mule noun [ Dim. from
sperm .]
(Physiol.) A sperm cell. Haeckel.
Sperrylite Sper"ry·lite noun [ Named after F. Latin
Sperry , who discovered it.]
(Min.) An arsenide of platinum occuring in grains and minute isometric crystals of tin-white color. It is found near Sudbury, Ontario Canada, and is the only known compound of platinum occuring in nature.
Sperse Sperse transitive verb To disperse. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Spessartite Spes"sart·ite noun [ From
Spessart , in Germany.]
(Min.) A manganesian variety of garnet.
Spet Spet transitive verb [ Anglo-Saxon
sp...tan . See
Spit .]
To spit; to throw out. [ Obsolete]
Spet Spet noun Spittle. [ Obsolete]
Spetches Spetch"es noun plural Parings and refuse of hides, skins, etc., from which glue is made.
Spew Spew transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Spewed ;
present participle& verbal noun Spewing .] [ Middle English
spewen ,
speowen , Anglo-Saxon
spīwan ;n to Dutch
spuwen to spit. OS & Old High German
spīwan , German
speien , Icelandic
sp...ja to spew, Swedish
spy , Danish
spye , Goth.
spiewan , th.
spjauti , Latin
spuere to split, Greek ........., Sanskrit
shtiv ,
shthīv . Confer
Pyke ,
Spit .] [ Written also
spue .]
1. To eject from the stomach; to vomit. 2. To cast forth with abhorrence or disgust; to eject. Because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth.
Rev. ii. 16.
Spew Spew intransitive verb 1. To vomit. Chaucer. 2. To eject seed, as wet land swollen with frost.
Spew Spew noun That which is vomited; vomit.
Spewer Spew"er noun One who spews.
Spewiness Spew"i·ness noun The state of being spewy.
Spewy Spew"y adjective Wet; soggy; inclined to spew.
Sphacel Sphac"el noun [ Greek .........: confer French
sphacèle .]
(Medicine) Gangrene.
Sphacelate Sphac"e·late intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Sphacelated ;
present participle & verbal noun Sphacelating .] [ New Latin
sphacelare ,
sphacelatum , mortify: confer French
sphacéler . See
Sphacelus .]
(Medicine) To die, decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or bone; to mortify.
Sphacelate Sphac"e·late transitive verb (Medicine) To affect with gangrene.
Sphacelate, Sphacelated Sphac"e·late, Sphac"e·la`ted adjective (Medicine) Affected with gangrene; mortified.
Sphacelation Sphac`e·la"tion noun (Medicine) The process of becoming or making gangrenous; mortification.
Sphacelus Sphac"e·lus noun [ New Latin , from Greek .............]
(Medicine) Gangrenous part; gangrene; slough.
Sphagnicolous Sphag·nic"o·lous adjective [
Sphagnum + Latin
colere to inhabit.]
(Botany) Growing in moss of the genus Sphagnum .
Sphagnous Sphag"nous adjective (Botany) Pertaining to moss of the genus Sphagnum , or bog moss; abounding in peat or bog moss.
Sphagnum Sphag"num noun [ New Latin , fr/ Greek ......... a kind of moss.]
(Botany) A genus of mosses having white leaves slightly tinged with red or green and found growing in marshy places; bog moss; peat moss.
Sphalerite Sphal"er·ite noun [ Greek ......... slippery, uncertain. See
Blende .]
(Min.) Zinc sulphide; -- called also blende , black-jack , false galena , etc. See Blende (a) .
Sphene Sphene noun [ French
sphène , from Greek
sfh`n a wedge.]
(Min.) A mineral found usually in thin, wedge-shaped crystals of a yellow or green to black color. It is a silicate of titanium and calcium; titanite.
Sphenethmoid Sphe·neth"moid adjective [
Sphen oid +
ethmoid .]
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidal regions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone; sphenethmoidal. Sphenethmoid bone (Anat.) ,
a bone of the skull which surrounds the anterior end of the brain in many amphibia; the girdle bone.
Sphenethmoid Sphe·neth"moid noun (Anat.) The sphenethmoid bone.
Sphenethmoidal Sphe`neth·moid"al adjective (Anat.) Relating to the sphenoethmoid bone; sphenoethmoid.
Spheniscan Sphe·nis"can noun (Zoology) Any species of penguin.
Spheno- Sphe"no- A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with , or relation to , the sphenoid bone ; as in spheno maxillary, spheno palatine.
Sphenodon Sphe"no·don noun [ Greek
sfh`n a wedge + ........., ........., a tooth.]
(Zoology) Same as Hatteria .
Sphenoethmoidal Sphe"no·eth·moid`al adjective (Anat.) Sphenethmoid.
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