sperm cell
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In addition, the sperm of marijuana smokers had erratic or unusual sperm cell size and shape, as well as sluggish swimmers. — Brendan Bures, chicagotribune.com, "Weed and infertility: Should men worry about their marijuana consumption?," 13 Aug. 2019 But Galli and his team managed to fertilize some of the eggs using a technique called intracytoplasmic sperm injection, or ICSI, where a sperm cell is directly implanted inside the egg’s cell wall. — Rebecca Boyle, Discover Magazine, "The Quixotic Quest to Birth a Baby Northern White Rhino," 25 June 2019 Our diagnosis was azoospermia due to Sertoli cell-only syndrome (which means the testicles fail to produce living sperm cells). — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, "I Was Told I'd Never Have A Biological Child. Now I'm Celebrating Father's Day.," 15 June 2019 As the reproductive cells of the body, these can be either egg cells or sperm cells. — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, "Did You Know Dermoid Cysts Can Have Hair, Skin, and TEETH?," 15 Jan. 2019 Pregnancy occurs when a sperm cell fertilizes an ovum that has been released into the Fallopian tubes after ovulation. — Shan Boodram, Teen Vogue, "Period Sex 101: Everything You Need to Know," 19 July 2018 The final cells were large eggs with 23 unpaired chromosomes, ready to fuse with a sperm cell containing a complementary set. — Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian, "Researchers Mature Human Eggs in the Lab for the First Time," 10 Feb. 2018 Technically, this made the babies fraternal triplets fertilized by one sperm cell. — Sarah Schreiber, Good Housekeeping, "A Woman "Miraculously" Became Pregnant While She Was Already Expecting," 14 Nov. 2016 Pollen, which carries the sperm cells that allow plant fertilization to take place, is among the most common triggers of seasonal allergies, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "Watch This Pine Tree Unleash a Huge, Fluffy Pollen Cloud," 10 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sperm cell.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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