'Semen' definitions:
Definition of 'semen'
From: WordNet
noun
The thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract [syn: semen, seed, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come]
Definition of 'Semen'
From: GCIDE
- Semen \Se"men\ (s[=e]"m[e^]n), n.; pl. Semina (s[e^]m"[i^]*n[.a]). [L., from the root of serere, satum, to sow. See Sow to scatter seed.]
- 1. (Bot.) The seed of plants. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Physiol.) The seed or fecundating fluid of male animals; sperm. It is a white or whitish viscid fluid secreted by the testes, characterized by the presence of spermatozoids to which it owes its generative power. [1913 Webster]
- Semen contra, or Semen cinae or Semen cynae, a strong aromatic, bitter drug, imported from Aleppo and Barbary, said to consist of the leaves, peduncles, and unexpanded flowers of various species of Artemisia; wormseed. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'semen'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- androcyte,
- antheridium,
- antherozoid,
- autacoid,
- bile,
- chalone,
- digestive secretion,
- endocrine,
- gall,
- gastric juice,
- hormone,
- intestinal juice,
- male gamete,
- milt,
- mucus,
- pancreatic juice,
- pollen,
- prostatic fluid,
- protein,
- rheum,
- salivary secretion,
- scum,
- seed,
- seminal fluid,
- sperm,
- sperm cell,
- spermagonium,
- spermatic fluid,
- spermatid,
- spermatiophore,
- spermatium,
- spermatocyte,
- spermatogonium,
- spermatophore,
- spermatozoa,
- spermatozoid,
- spermatozoon,
- tears,
- thyroxin