Posted by DICKtionary on November 24, 1998 at 12:16:48:
In Reply to: Re: regular masturbation and sperm count in your semen posted by Whatever on November 23, 1998 at 22:42:11:
se*men (noun)
[Middle English, from Latin, seed, semen; akin to Old High German samo seed, Latin serere to sow -- more at SOW]
First appeared 14th Century
: a viscid whitish fluid of the male reproductive tract consisting of spermatozoa suspended in secretions of accessory glands
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sperm (noun), plural sperm or sperms
[Middle English, from Middle French esperme, from Late Latin spermat-, sperma, from Greek, literally, seed, from speirein to sow; probably akin to Armenian p'aratem I dispense]
First appeared 14th Century
1 a : the male fecundating fluid : SEMEN
b : a male gamete
2 : a product (as spermaceti or oil) of the sperm whale