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semen

[see-muhn] / ˈsi mən /


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He spent 23 years in prison before his 1999 rape conviction was vacated after his DNA was not detected in any of the blood or semen samples found at the scene.

From Salon Aug. 10, 2026

Shaun Greenaway, 43, was diagnosed in 2018 with azoospermia - a condition in which no sperm are present in the semen.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

Ebola spreads through direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person, including blood, vomit, diarrhoea, saliva, urine, semen and sweat.

From BBC May 30, 2026

There is no systematic tracking of sperm count or national effort to monitor semen health in the United States.

From Salon May 15, 2026

Aristotle challenged Pythagoras’s “traveling library” notion that semen collected hereditary information by coursing through the body and obtaining secret “instructions” from each individual part.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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