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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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Fabienne Justel wants a sperm bank in the western city of Rennes to hand over samples from her husband Dominique, who died of cancer three months after their marriage in June 2008.
Staff at the Wolong National Nature Reserve in Sichuan Province plan to stockpile enough sperm in the sperm bank to create a broad genetic pool for the highly endangered animals.
Speaking on a TV programme earlier, Klein admitted that he had donated semen to a sperm bank, but he claimed to be unaware whether Michael had used it to father Prince Michael and Paris.
 
 
 
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