spermiate
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spermiate (third-person singular simple present spermiates, present participle spermiating, simple past and past participle spermiated)
- (cytology, of mature spermatids) To release from Sertoli cells into the seminiferous tubule lumen prior to passage to the epididymis.
- 1993, A. Ciereszko, “Cryopreservation of Yellow Perch Semen”, in The Progressive Fish-culturist, page 261:
- Two-year-old male yellow perch were induced to spermiate at the end of February 1992.