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Anthony Scully, through his attorney, said the semen is his, and that his ex-wife, in moving to Florida, gave up claim.

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  1. noun A viscous whitish secretion of the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa and consisting of secretions of the testes, seminal vesicles, prostate, and bulbourethral glands. Also called seminal fluid.

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  • Anthony Scully, through his attorney, said the semen is his, and that his ex-wife, in moving to Florida, gave up claim. —  Freep.com - RSS
  • Within the majority of cases, the blood within the urine or the semen is able to be found. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • The researches of Steinach and others have made the old theory untenable and demonstrate that the semen is a mixture from three distinct sources; that the testicles secrete their contribution to the semen only during sexual stimulation; while the seminal vesicles secreting their products continuously become periodically filled and distended Let us inquire regarding the function of this alkaline albuminous secretion from the vesicles and prostate. —  The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction Also Sexual Hygiene with Special Reference to the Male
  • This acid discharge, bathing the neck of the uterus, penetrates more or less into the cervical plug and causes coagulation of the alkaline mucus The chief constituent of the semen is albumin; agents which affect albuminous substances influence the functional activity of the spermatozoa-- heat, concentrated acids, and probably concentrated alkalies. —  The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene
  • The colour of my semen is a concern because someone will be studying it in a short while. —  British Blogs
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English, from Latin sēmen, seed, semen; see sē- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. New Latin, from Latin semen, seed, from serere, past participle satus (√ se, sa), sow: see sow.
 

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