Meaning of INSEMINATION
Pronunciation: | | `ins`emun'eyshun
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- [n] the act of sowing (of seeds in the ground or (figuratively) of germs in the body or ideas in the mind, etc.)
- [n] the introduction of semen into the genital tract of a female
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| See Also: | | activity, AI, artificial insemination, bodily function, bodily process, body process, carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, congress, copulation, intercourse, planting, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \In*sem`i*na"tion\, n.
A sowing. [Obs.]
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Medical Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | The deposit of semen into the vagina. |
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| Related Terms: | | artificial insemination, broadcast, broadcasting, conjugation, cross-fertilization, cross-pollination, dissemination, fecundation, fertilization, getting with child, heterogamy, impregnation, isogamy, orthogamy, planting, pollination, pollinization, reforestation, resetting, retimbering, seeding, semination, setting, sowing, transplantation, zygosis |
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