monospermic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

mono- +‎ spermic

Adjective[edit]

monospermic (not comparable)

  1. Involving a single sperm cell.
    • 2015 August 12, “Scriptaid Treatment Decreases DNA Methyltransferase 1 Expression by Induction of MicroRNA-152 Expression in Porcine Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Embryos”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      It is unlikely to get monospermic embryos in blastocyst stage.
  2. Of or pertaining to monospermy.

Translations[edit]

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French monospermique.

Adjective[edit]

monospermic m or n (feminine singular monospermică, masculine plural monospermici, feminine and neuter plural monospermice)

  1. (botany) monospermal

Declension[edit]