Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mass of spermatoblasts; a spermatogemma.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol.) A mass or ball of cells formed by the repeated division of a male germinal cell (spermospore), each constituent cell (spermoblast) of which is converted into a spermatozoid; a spermatogemma.
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- noun physiology A
mass orball ofcells formed by the repeateddivision of aspermospore , eachspermoblast of which is converted into aspermatozoid .
Etymologies
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spermo- + sphere
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Examples
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Biological sulphate-reduction in the spermosphere and the rhizosphere of rice in some acid sulphate soils of Senegal
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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