monospermic

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adjective

Involving a single sperm cell.

OriginEnglish mono- ← Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-) →
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Meanings

adjectivemonospermic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableInvolving a single sperm cell.

    It is unlikely to get monospermic embryos in blastocyst stage.

    2015 August 12, “Scriptaid Treatment Decreases DNA Methyltransferase 1 Expression by Induction of MicroRNA-152 Expression in Porcine Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Embryos”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
  2. not comparableOf or pertaining to monospermy.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
  2. Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
  3. Englishmono-
  4. Englishmonospermic

From mono- + -spermic.

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Translations

French monospermique
  • monospermiqueinvolving a single sperm cell
Russian односемя́нный
  • односемя́нный (odnosemjánnyj)involving a single sperm cell
Cite this entry
APA

monospermic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monospermic

MLA

“monospermic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monospermic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “monospermic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monospermic.

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