spermatic

English

Alternative forms

• spermatick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English spermatik, from Latin spermaticus, from Ancient Greek σπερματικός (spermatikós).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /spɚˈmætɪk/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /spəˈmætɪk/
• Hyphenation: sper‧mat‧ic

Adjective

spermatic (comparative more spermatic, superlative most spermatic)

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling sperm.
2. Producing, conveying or containing sperm; seminiferous.
3. (archaic) Generative.
   • 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book I, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 11:

     […] or some hidden Spermatick power has gendered these both Anchors, Urnes, Coins, and Sculls in the ground […]

Derived terms

• aspermatic
• spermatic artery
• spermatic chord
• spermatic fascia
• spermatic plexus
• spermatic vein

 

Translations

of, pertaining to, or resembling sperm

• Catalan: espermàtic
• French: spermatique (fr)
• Italian: spermatico, spermico
• Lithuanian: sėklinis
• Portuguese: espermático
• Romanian: spermatic (ro)
• Russian: семенно́й (ru) (semennój), сперматический (spermatičeskij)
• Spanish: espermático

producing, conveying or containing sperm — see seminiferous

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• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} مَنَوِيّ (manawiyy)
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} семенно́й (ru) (semennój)

Noun

spermatic (plural spermatics)

1. (anatomy, archaic) Short for spermatic artery.
   • 1853, The Encyclopaedia Britannica, page 791:

     The abdominal portion is supplied from the spermatics, the lumbar, and in some instances the mesocolic artery.

Anagrams

• crampiest, impacters, reimpacts

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French spermatique. Equivalent to spermă +‎ -atic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sperˈmatik/

Adjective

spermatic m or n (feminine singular spermatică, masculine plural spermatici, feminine and neuter plural spermatice)

1. spermatic

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	spermatic		spermatică		spermatici	spermatice
	definite	spermaticul		spermatica		spermaticii	spermaticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	spermatic		spermatice		spermatici	spermatice
	definite	spermaticului		spermaticei		spermaticilor	spermaticelor