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Related to seminal: seminal fluid, seminal vesicle

sem·i·nal

(sem'i-năl),

1. Relating to semen.

2. Original or influential of future developments.

seminal

/sem·i·nal/ (sem´ĭ-n'l) pertaining to semen or to a seed.

seminal

(sĕm′ə-nəl)

adj.

Of, relating to, containing, or conveying semen or seed.

sem′i·nal·ly adv.

seminal

See semen.

sem·i·nal

(sem'i-năl)

1. Relating to the semen.

2. Original or influential of future developments.

seminal

emanating from or pertaining to semen.

seminal colliculus

see seminal colliculus.

seminal fluid

some of the fluid originates in the testis but most is contributed by the various sex glands, the amount and the composition from each gland varying between species.

seminal glands

see seminal vesicle.

seminal peritonitis

peritonitis caused by rupture of the vagina by the stallion during mating, or of the cow's uterus by the inseminator; causes a low-grade, chronic peritonitis in the caudal abdomen.

seminal plasma

the liquid supernatant after sedimentation or centrifugation of semen.

seminal vesicle

see seminal vesicle.

seminal vesiculitis

inflammation of the seminal vesicles.

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The current study was planned to find out the variation of seminal free L-carnitine between diagnosed male infertile cases and healthy controls.

Relationship of seminal free L-Carnitine with functional spermatozoal characteristics: Results from an observational study conducted in a tertiary care hospital of Karachi, Pakistan

El diametro de los foliculos iniciales que fueron inducidos con plasma seminal fue de 9.

Susceptibilidad del cuerpo luteo a la prostaglandina [f.sub.2[alfa]] en alpacas inducidas a ovulacion con plasma seminal y GnRH

However, CT scans sometimes cannot show the ureteral opening into the seminal vesicle.

Ectopic ureteral insertion into the seminal vesicle associated with ipsilateral renal dysplasia

Primary paraganglioma of the seminal vesicle is rare but important to diagnosis in the differential diagnosis of extra-adrenal paragangliomas.

Primary Paraganglioma of Seminal Vesicle

Ascorbic acid, [alpha]-tocopherol, and reduced GSH levels of seminal plasma were found to be positively correlated with sperm concentration (r = 0.

Antioxidant level in the seminal plasma of human subjects with different fertility potential

A number of imaging modalities, such as seminal vesciculography, transrectal and abdominal ultrasound, and computed tomography, have been used to evaluate patients and have been well-described in the literature.

It's not always varicocele: a strange case of Zinner syndrome

Semen collection and Seminal Plasma Protein Purification:

Insulin like growth factor--I complex of goat seminal plasma increasing the percentage of embrio clevage on the in vitro fertilization process

Data from a trial, appearing in the journal Endocrine-Related Cancer, has demonstrated that the presence of specific molecules in seminal fluid indicates if a man has prostate cancer, as well as the severity of the disease.

University of Adelaide finds seminal fluid contains biomarkers for prostate cancer

Six hundred seminal fluid specimens from men investigated for infertility over a period of 10 months were analyzed.

The role of bacterial infections on male infertility in Al-Anbar province of Iraq

Lead researchers, Sarah Robertson, said that they have begun to understand the very complex signals and information being transmitted by the seminal fluid.

How dads harm their kid's health

Results The seminal plasma of normospermic and azoospermic men has been analyzed by ATR-IR.

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy: a potential technique for noninvasive detection of spermatogenesis

There was hypodense mass lesion of water attenuation in the pelvis at the bladder base more to the right side with non visualization of the seminal vesicles separately.