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se·men

, pl.

sem·i·na

,

se·mens

(sē'mĕn, sē-mi'nă, sē'menz),
1. The penile ejaculate; a thick, yellowish-white, viscid fluid containing sperms; a mixture produced by secretions of the testes, seminal glands, prostate, and bulbourethral glands. Synonym(s): seminal fluid
2. Synonym(s): seed (1)
[L. semen (semin-), seed (of plants, men, animals)]
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seminal fluid

n.
See semen.
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se·men

, pl. semina, pl. semens (sē'mĕn, -min-ă, -mĕnz)
1. The penile ejaculate; a thick, yellowish-white, viscid fluid containing sperms; a mixture produced by secretions of the testes, seminal glands, prostate, and bulbourethral glands.
Synonym(s): seminal fluid.
2. Synonym(s): seed (1) .
[L. semen (semin-), seed (of plants, men, animals)]
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seminal fluid

A creamy, greyish-yellow, sticky fluid that is forced out of the penis during the ejaculation that accompanies the sexual orgasm. Seminal fluid is secreted by the PROSTATE GLAND, the SEMINAL VESICLES, the lining of the sperm tubes and some small associated glands. It contains the male gametes, the SPERMATOZOA. Also known as sperm.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

seminal fluid

the fluid in which the sperms are bathed.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

Patient discussion about seminal fluid

Q. What health condition would produce blood and dark colored semen?

A. any inflammation in that area can cause that. from the urethra to the testis. here is a symptom checker that show you all the conditions that causes blood to show up in your semen and their other symptoms:
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Parameter Smokers Non smokers Volume (Mean [+ or -] SD) 3.05 [+ or -] 2.75 3.12 [+ or -] 2.25 Seminal fluid PH 7.64 7.62 Abnormal Morphology 73.0% [+ or -] 11.7 60.7% Type 1 & 2 motility 9.9% [+ or -] 7.8 15.2% Type 3 motility 28.1% (11.8) 29.1% Type 4 motility 62.1% [+ or -] 13.3 55.6% Concentration X [10.sup.6] 34.7 [+ or -] 28.6 43.7 [+ or -] 26.5 (mean [+ or -] SD) Seminal fluid Leukocyte 49% 35.5% count increased Parameter p value Volume (Mean [+ or -] SD) 0.450 Seminal fluid PH 0.345 Abnormal Morphology <0.005 Type 1 & 2 motility <0.005 Type 3 motility 0.457 Type 4 motility <0.005 Concentration X [10.sup.6] 0.549 (mean [+ or -] SD) Seminal fluid Leukocyte <0.005 count increased Table 3: Seminal fluid parameters among heavy smokers and non-heavy smokers.
Our observations of the role of seminal plasma in regulating potent inflammatory and angiogenic pathways in neoplastic cervical epithelial cells suggest use of barrier contraceptives as a method of preventing disease, not only as a barrier against HPV transmission, but as a method of preventing the inflammatory actions of seminal fluid on the neoplastic cervical micro-environment.
The reproduction-related body fluids breast milk, seminal fluid, and amniotic fluid all clustered together with bronchial lavage, peritoneal fluid, saliva, and tears.
Mutagenicity testing of seminal fluid: seminal fluid increases the mutagenicity of the precursor mutagen benzo[a]pyrene in the presence of $9 mix.
The major protease inhibitor, to which active single-chain PSA is covalently linked in a 1:1 molar ratio, is PCI.(19)) A smaller amount (30% to 40%) of catalytically inactive PSA in seminal fluid exists mainly as internally cleaved, two-chain or multichain forms of the protein(15, 21) reported to be the result of C-terminal cleavages at position Lysl45, but also at Lysl82.(21) The active proteases performing these cleavages are not yet identified.
Differences in calibration have also been proposed to contribute to variability among assays.[3,13] Differences may reflect calibrator assignment and composition of the calibrators and specific molecular form(s) used.[6,7] Initial assays used free PSA from seminal fluid as a calibrator material.
Physiological costs include seminal fluid toxicity (Chapman et al.
The amount of seminal fluid and spermatophores stored in the vas deferens both before (Y = 0.04X - 2.40, [r.sup.2] = 0.263, n = 335, P [less than] 0.001) and after (Y = 0.03X - 1.92, [r.sup.2] = 0.202, n = 335, P [less than] 0.001) one mating increased with male size [ILLUSTRATION FOR FIGURE 5 OMITTED].
When the condition is caused by activity other than contagious infection, it may be attributed to swelling caused by excessive sexual activity that strains the gland's ability to produce or store seminal fluid. (Urinary tract infections may mimic prostatitis.)
18), this quantity of seminal fluid would contain 100,000 viral particles.
The prostate, located between the bladder and the rectum, secretes seminal fluid, in which the sperm is carried.
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