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sperm bank
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sperm bank
Etymology: Gk, sperma, seed; It, banca, bench
a facility for storage of semen to be used for artificial insemination.
sperm bank
Reproduction medicine A registered tissue bank that collects, stores, tests, and sells frozen sperm to be used for artificial insemination. See Artificial insemination.
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Such semen was obtained anonymously from a semen bank under confidentiality.
HE'S NOT THE DADDY.. SHE'S NOT THE MUM; THE KING OF POP 1958-2009 ... by The Mirror (London, England)
In 1989 it was estimated that 135 semen banks were in operation in the United States (defined as a facility providing anonymous donor samples).
Procreative compounds: popular eugenics, artificial insemination and ... by Golden, Janet / Journal of Social History
Mr Lutwyche said: 'Rather than rely on our semen banks, we would much rather the Government introduced a policy to protect rare breeds before they are killed.
FOOT & MOUTH CRISIS: Bid to bring rare breeds back from dead by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
 
 
 
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