active sperm

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• Sperm donation — is the provision (or ‘donation’) by a man, (known as a ‘sperm donor’), of his sperm, with the intention that it be used to impregnate a woman who is not usually the man s sexual partner, in order to produce a child. A sperm donor is the natural… …   Wikipedia

• [ECG]; simian adenovirus; simulated annealing [algorithm]; sinoatrial; sinus arrest; sinus arrhythmia; skeletal age; skin-adipose [unit]; sleep apnea; slightly active; slowly adapting [receptor]; soluble in alkaline medium; Spanish American; specific activity; spectrum analysis; sperm abnormality; s — sinoatrial; sinoauricular …   Medical dictionary

• orthopteran — /awr thop teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. orthopterous. n. 2. an orthopterous insect. [1895 1900; < NL Orthopter(a) (see ORTHOPTERON) + AN] * * * ▪ insect Introduction   broadly, any member of one of four insect orders. Orthopteran has come to be regarded… …   Universalium

• Artificial insemination — AIH redirects here. For the indie rock band abbreviated AIH, see Architecture in Helsinki Artificial insemination (AI) is the process by which sperm is placed into the reproductive tract of a female for the purpose of impregnating the female by… …   Wikipedia

• Postcoital test — The postcoital test (PCT) is a test in the evaluation of infertility. It was apparently first performed by J. Marion Sims and later described by Max Huhner, thus it has also been called Sims Huhner Test .The test is supposed to examine… …   Wikipedia

• Emily Martin — (born 1944) is a sinologist, anthropologist, and feminist. Currently, she is a professor of socio cultural anthropology at New York University. She received her PhD degree from Cornell University in 1971. Before 1984, she published works under… …   Wikipedia

• PHILO JUDAEUS — (Philo of Alexandria; c. 20 B.C.E.–50 C.E.), Jewish exegete and philosopher of outstanding importance for Jewish Hellenism and early Christianity. Little is known about the details of his personal life. It is clear, however, that he belonged to… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Kirk Maxey — Kirk M. Maxey was born in Utah in 1955 and was trained as a physician at the University of Michigan. He is a former sperm donor and a PGP 10, that is one of the volunteers of the Personal Genome Project, agreeing to let his complete genome be… …   Wikipedia

• oogamous — [ō äg′ə məs] adj. 〚 OO + GAMOUS〛 characterized by the uniting of a large, nonmotile egg and a small, active sperm for reproduction oogamy [ō äg′əmē] n. * * * o·og·a·mous (ō ŏgʹə məs) adj. Characterized by or having small motile male gametes and… …   Universalium

• heterogamete — [het΄ər ō΄gam′ēt΄, het΄ər ō΄gə mēt′] n. a gamete differentiated in size, structure, or activity from another with which it unites, typified by the relatively large ovum and the much smaller and more active sperm: opposed to ISOGAMETE… …   English World dictionary

• oogamous — [ō äg′ə məs] adj. [ OO + GAMOUS] characterized by the uniting of a large, nonmotile egg and a small, active sperm for reproduction oogamy [ō äg′əmē] n …   English World dictionary