Meanings
nounsperm bank (plural sperm banks)
plural sperm banks
- medicineA place where sperm from donors is stored for future use in artificial insemination.
Use of sperm banks would avoid mutations induced by radiation, Dr. Muller said.
1961 August 29, Donald Janson, “Sperm Bank Asked For Armed Forces; Radiation Damage Feared by Nobel Prize Winner”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, page 261 more example
Frozen sperm banks make it possible to improve the breed of cattle, goats, chicken, even herring. Why not man?
1971 January 26, Lucy Kavaler, “Sperm in the Deep‐Freeze”, in The New York Times, →ISSNSynonyms: cryobank, spank bank
- vulgarThe vagina.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA place where sperm from donors is stored for future use in artificial insemination.
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Translations
Arabic بَنْكُ الْمَنِيّ
- بَنْكُ الْمَنِيّ (banku l-maniyy)place where sperm is stored
Chinese Mandarin 精子庫 /精子库
- 精子庫 /精子库 (jīngzǐkù)place where sperm is stored
Czech spermobanka
- spermobankaplace where sperm is stored
Finnish spermapankki
- spermapankkiplace where sperm is stored
French banque de sperme, banque du sperme
- banque de spermeplace where sperm is stored
- banque du spermeplace where sperm is stored
German Samenbank
- Samenbankplace where sperm is stored
Hungarian spermabank
- spermabankplace where sperm is stored
Irish banc speirme
- banc speirmeplace where sperm is stored
Japanese 精子バンク
- 精子バンク (seishi banku)place where sperm is stored
Polish bank spermy, bank nasienia
- bank spermyplace where sperm is stored
- bank nasieniaplace where sperm is stored
Russian банк спермы
- банк спермыplace where sperm is stored
Slovak spermobanka
- spermobankaplace where sperm is stored
Swedish spermabank
- spermabankplace where sperm is stored
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sperm bank. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sperm%20bank
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“sperm bank.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sperm%20bank. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sperm bank,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sperm%20bank.
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