-spermic

adjective combining form

-sper·​mic

¦spərmik,

-pə̄m-,

-pəim-,

-mēk

1

: -spermal

2

: being the product of (such) a number of spermatozoa : resulting from (such) a multiple fertilization

a trispermic egg

polyspermic fertilization

Word History

Etymology

New Latin -spermicus, from Late Latin sperma sperm + Latin -icus -ic

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