sperm cell

noun

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Their tests showed that some sperm cells did make it through, suggesting children may one day be conceived in space. Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026 In her experiment, McPherson and colleagues created a set-up holding human, mice and pig sperm cells in one part of the compartment and egg cells in the other, divided by a thin channel simulating the female reproductive tract. Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2026 At a pace of about 1,500 units per second, 300 million per day, and a lifetime production of up to a trillion sperm cells, spermatogenesis is a marvel of abundance. Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 19 Feb. 2026 Around the same time, in an article published in Developmental Cell in 2018, Rando’s team reported the use of biochemical techniques to characterize where and when RNAs are packaged into sperm cells and how those RNAs might change during this process. Ivan Amato, Quanta Magazine, 22 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sperm cell

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1851, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sperm cell was in 1851

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“Sperm cell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sperm%20cell. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.

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