"spermicidal" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-spermicidal.wav
Etymology: By surface analysis, sperm + -i- + -cide + -al. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|sperm|-i-|-cide|-al}} By surface analysis, sperm + -i- + -cide + -al Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} spermicidal (not comparable)
  1. Having the ability to kill sperm. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: spermaticidal, spermatocidal
    Sense id: en-spermicidal-en-adj-~88fyL9A Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms interfixed with -i-, English terms suffixed with -al, English terms suffixed with -cide, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of English terms interfixed with -i-: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 69 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cide: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 67 33

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-spermicidal.wav Forms: spermicidals [plural]
Etymology: By surface analysis, sperm + -i- + -cide + -al. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|sperm|-i-|-cide|-al}} By surface analysis, sperm + -i- + -cide + -al Head templates: {{en-noun}} spermicidal (plural spermicidals)
  1. A spermicide. Synonyms: spermaticide Translations (having the ability to kill sperm): zaaddodend (Dutch), spermisidinen (Finnish), plemnikobójczo (Polish)
    Sense id: en-spermicidal-en-noun-pHal5fo3 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, Entries with translation boxes, Birth control, Death Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 43 57 Disambiguation of Birth control: 17 83 Disambiguation of Death: 0 100

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