-spermic
Word Origin
1
variant of -spermal:
endospermic.
Origin
< New Latin -spermicus. See -sperm, -ic
Related Words
- -spermal
- spermato-
-sper·mic
\|spərmik, -pə̄m-, -pəim-, -mēk\ adjective combining form
Etymology: New Latin -spermicus, from Late Latin sperma sperm + Latin -icus -ic — more at sperm
1. : -spermal
2. : being the product of (such) a number of spermatozoa : resulting from (such) a multiple fertilization
< a trispermic egg >
< polyspermic fertilization >
1.
2.
< a trispermic egg >
< polyspermic fertilization >