seminal
pronunciation
How to pronounce seminal in British English:
UK [ˈsemɪnl]
How to pronounce seminal in American English:
US [ˈsɛmənəl]
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- Adjective:
- pertaining to or containing or consisting of semen
- containing seeds of later development
Word Origin
- seminal (adj.)
- late 14c., "of seed or semen," from Old French seminal (14c.) and directly from Latin seminalis, from semen (genitive seminis) "seed" (see semen). Figurative sense of "full of possibilities" is attested from 1630s. Related: Seminally; seminality.
Example
- 1. They spun the samples several times in centrifuges to separate the seminal fluid from the sperm .
- 2. The gold standard for treating early , localized prostate cancer is radical retropubic prostatectomy . The whole prostate and seminal vesicles are removed .
- 3. The air force played a seminal role in bringing the shuttle into being .
- 4. The footing that seminal company issues in market economy condition .
- 5. Regulation mechanism of seminal vesicle autoantigen on mouse sperm .