| seminal | A seed. 1. Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, seed or semen; as, the seminal fluid. 2. Contained in seed; holding the relation of seed, source, or first principle; holding the first place in a series of developed results or consequents; germinal; radical; primary; original; as, seminal principles of generation; seminal virtue. "The idea of God is, beyond all question or comparison, the one great seminal principle. <botany>" (Hare) Seminal leaf Same as Spermatheca. Origin: L. Seminalis, fr. Semen, seminis, seed, akin to serere to sow: cf. F. Seminal. See Sow to scatter seed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| seminal capsule | <anatomy> The paired glands at the base of the bladder that produce seminal fluid and fructose. (09 Oct 1997) |
| seminal colliculus | An elevated portion of the urethral crest upon which open the two ejaculatory ducts and the prostatic utricle. Synonym: colliculus seminalis, caput gallinaginis, colliculus urethralis, seminal hillock, verumontanum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| seminal duct | Any one of the duct's conveying semen from the epididymis to the urethra, ductus deferens, or ejaculatory duct. Synonym: gonaduct. (05 Mar 2000) |
| seminal fluid | <biology> Ejaculate. The fluid released at orgasm which contains sperm and secretions from the prostate gland. (27 Sep 1997) |
| seminal gland | <anatomy> The paired glands at the base of the bladder that produce seminal fluid and fructose. (09 Oct 1997) |
| seminal granule | One of the minute granular bodies present in the semen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| seminal hillock | An elevated portion of the urethral crest upon which open the two ejaculatory ducts and the prostatic utricle. Synonym: colliculus seminalis, caput gallinaginis, colliculus urethralis, seminal hillock, verumontanum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| seminal lake | The vault of the vagina after insemination. Synonym: seminal lake. (05 Mar 2000) |
| seminal vesical cyst | A cyst, usually congenital, of the seminal vesicle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| seminal vesicle | <anatomy> The paired glands at the base of the bladder that produce seminal fluid and fructose. (09 Oct 1997) |
| seminal vesicles | Two structures about 5 cm long behind the bladder and above the prostate gland which contribute fluid to the ejaculate. (12 Dec 1998) |
| seminary | Origin: L. Seminarium, fr. Seminarius belonging to seed, fr. Semon, seminis, seed. See Seminal. 1. A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation; a nursery; a seed plat. "But if you draw them [seedling] only for the thinning of your seminary, prick them into some empty beds." (Evelyn) 2. Hence, the place or original stock whence anything is brought or produced. 3. A place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an academy, college, or university. 4. Seminal state. 5. A seed bed; a source. 6. A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist. Belonging to seed; seminal. Origin: L. Seminarius. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| seminate | To sow; to spread; to propagate. Origin: L. Seminatus, p. P. Of seminare to sow, fr. Semen, seminis, seed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| semination | 1. The act of sowing or spreading. 2. <botany> Natural dispersion of seeds. Origin: L. Seminatio: cf. F. Semination. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |