: a viscid whitish fluid of the male reproductive tract consisting of spermatozoa suspended in secretions of accessory glands (as of the prostate and Cowper's glands)
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The groper was a lowlife—a deranged doctor, bent on harvesting astronaut semen for pernicious procreative ends.
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Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
That includes the one against Parrish Smith, the man allowed to remain free many months after a DNA hit allegedly showed his semen on a young girl’s underwear.
—Donna McGuire, Cummings,
and Glenn E. Rice, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2025
The segments were then matched with a direct descendant of Eddowes, while DNA from semen stains on the shawl was matched with a descendant of Kosminski.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 16 Feb. 2025
In 2019, the facility celebrated a major milestone with the birth of Olaf, the world’s first Puerto Rican crested toad hatched via in-vitro fertilization using frozen semen from the wild.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Feb. 2025
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Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
That includes the one against Parrish Smith, the man allowed to remain free many months after a DNA hit allegedly showed his semen on a young girl’s underwear.
—Donna McGuire, Cummings,
and Glenn E. Rice, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2025
The segments were then matched with a direct descendant of Eddowes, while DNA from semen stains on the shawl was matched with a descendant of Kosminski.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 16 Feb. 2025
In 2019, the facility celebrated a major milestone with the birth of Olaf, the world’s first Puerto Rican crested toad hatched via in-vitro fertilization using frozen semen from the wild.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for semen
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“Semen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/semen. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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semen
noun
se·men
ˈsē-mən 
: a sticky whitish fluid of the male reproductive tract that contains the sperm
Medical Definition
semen
noun
se·men
ˈsē-mən
: a viscid whitish fluid of the male reproductive tract consisting of spermatozoa suspended in secretions of accessory glands (as of the prostate and Cowper's glands)
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