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	sperm (sperm) Pronunciation: /spəːm/ noun (plural or sperms) 1 [mass noun] semen. [count noun] a spermatozoon. 2short for sperm whale. [mass noun]short for spermaceti or sperm oil. Origin: late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek sperma 'seed', from speirein 'to sow'		Search results in the dictionary sperm oil sperm bank sperm count sperm whale More results » More words in this category action potential chronobiology core stability decidua endomorph erythroblast follicle-stimulating hormone growth hormone histolysis mast cell mesomorph myogenic neurohormone potentiation sperm tonic vasoactive vasomotor venous zeitgeber Nearby Words spend Spender, Sir Stephen spending money spendthrift spendy Spengler, Oswald Spenser, Edmund Spenserian stanza spent sperm sperm bank sperm count sperm oil sperm whale spermaceti spermatheca spermatic spermatic cord spermatid