"sperm cell" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sperm cells [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sperm cell (plural sperm cells)
  1. (cytology) Sperm; spermatozoon. Translations (sperm): spermsel (Afrikaans), сперматозои́д (spermatozoíd) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 精細胞 /精细胞 (jīngxìbāo) (Chinese Mandarin), 精细胞 (jīngxìbāo) (Chinese Mandarin), siittiö (Finnish), plemnik [masculine] (Polish), spermatozoid [masculine] (Polish), sperm hücresi (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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