different between foreskin vs spermatozoon

English

Etymology

fore- +? skin

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??sk?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f??sk?n/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?fo(?)?sk?n/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?fo?sk?n/
• Hyphenation: fore?skin

Noun

foreskin (plural foreskins)

1. The nerve-dense, retractable fold of skin which covers and protects the head of the penis in humans and some other animals.
   • 2010, The Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Circumcision of infant males

Synonyms

• prepuce
• See also Thesaurus:foreskin

Translations

Verb

foreskin (third-person singular simple present foreskins, present participle foreskinning, simple past and past participle foreskinned)

1. To remove the foreskin
2. To sexually stimulate by manipulating the foreskin.

See also

• circumcise, circumcision

Further reading

• foreskin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• spermatozoön
• spermatozoan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (spérma, “sperm”) + ???? (zôion, “living thing”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sp??m?t?(?)?z???n/

Noun

spermatozoon (plural spermatozoa)

1. (cytology) A reproductive cell or gamete of a male, carried in semen, that fertilizes an ovum to produce a zygote.

Synonyms

• sperm cell
• zoosperm

Hypernyms

• gamete

Coordinate terms

• ovum

Derived terms

• spermatozoal
• spermatozoic

Translations

Esperanto

Noun

spermatozoon

1. accusative singular of spermatozoo