: 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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If the semen sample was tested to identify a blood type, that would have not been enough information to obtain an indictment, much less a conviction, Hueske said.
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Mitch Mitchell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2025
Williams and his team spent five years developing a system that combined an AI algorithm for detecting sperm with a fluidic chip that passed the semen sample through a tiny tubule on a plastic chip.
—Alice Park, Time, 10 June 2025
The researchers placed droplets of bull semen at the end of a flexible plastic strip suspended next to a water-resistant surface.
—Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 14 May 2025
In another disturbing detail, Ventura said Combs often made men ejaculate on Ventura and then directed her to rub their semen on his chest in a separate room.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 13 May 2025
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Mitch Mitchell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2025
Williams and his team spent five years developing a system that combined an AI algorithm for detecting sperm with a fluidic chip that passed the semen sample through a tiny tubule on a plastic chip.
—Alice Park, Time, 10 June 2025
The researchers placed droplets of bull semen at the end of a flexible plastic strip suspended next to a water-resistant surface.
—Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 14 May 2025
In another disturbing detail, Ventura said Combs often made men ejaculate on Ventura and then directed her to rub their semen on his chest in a separate room.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 13 May 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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