spermiate

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verb

To release from Sertoli cells into the seminiferous tubule lumen prior to passage to the epididymis.

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Meanings

verbspermiate (third-person singular simple present spermiates, present participle spermiating, simple past and past participle spermiated)

present singular third person spermiates · participle present spermiating · participle past spermiated · past spermiated

  1. biologyTo release from Sertoli cells into the seminiferous tubule lumen prior to passage to the epididymis.

    Two-year-old male yellow perch were induced to spermiate at the end of February 1992.

    1993, A. Ciereszko, “Cryopreservation of Yellow Perch Semen”, in The Progressive Fish-culturist, page 261

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APA

spermiate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spermiate

MLA

“spermiate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spermiate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spermiate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spermiate.

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