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sper⋅mic

[spur-mik]
–adjective
spermatic.

Origin:
1855–60; sperm- + -ic

-spermic

var. of -spermal: endospermic.

Origin:
< NL -spermicus. See -sperm, -ic

-spermal

a combining form used to form adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -sperm: gymnospermal.


Origin:
-sperm + -al 1
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