Meanings
nounspermiation (countable and uncountable, plural spermiations)
plural spermiations
- countableuncountablebiologyThe release of mature spermatozoa from Sertoli cells
Fish were sampled on the 5 th, 6 th and 8 th of May. Horizontal diamonds indicate the spermiation period for the AP and NP groups.
2015 December 8, “Photoperiodic Modulation of Circadian Clock and Reproductive Axis Gene Expression in the Pre-Pubertal European Sea Bass Brain”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
From spermiate + -ion or directly from spermio- + -ation.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
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