| SEP | self-evaluation process; sensory-evoked potential; septum; somatosensory evoked potential; sperm ent... |
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| SIT | serum inhibiting titer; Slosson Intelligence Test; sperm immobilization test; suggested immobilizati... |
| SODF | sperm outer defense fiber |
| SPERM | spastic paraplegia-epilepsy-mental retardation [syndrome] |
| SSA | salicylsalicylic acid; sicca syndrome A; skin-sensitizing antibody; skin sympathetic activity; Sjogr... |
| sperm whale | <zoology> A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet. It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called also cachalot, and spermaceti whale. Pygmy sperm whale, a toothed cetacean (Hyperoodon bidens), found on both sides of the Atlantic and valued for its oil. The adult becomes about twenty-five feet long, and its head is very large and thick. Called also bottle-nosed whale. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| nematode sperm | The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has an unusual amoeboid spermatozoon that is actively motile yet appears to lack both actin and tubulin. (18 Nov 1997) |
| intracytoplasmic sperm injection | <gynaecology> The direct injection of a single sperm into an egg. (09 Oct 1997) |