spermatocrit
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From spermato- + Ancient Greek κριτής (kritḗs, “judge, umpire”). Modelled after hematocrit.
Noun
[edit]spermatocrit (plural spermatocrits)
- An indicator of spermatozoa density based on the proportion of solid packed material in semen after centrifugation.
- 2015 September 22, “Male Investments in High Quality Sperm Improve Fertilization Success, but May Have Negative Impact on Offspring Fitness in Whitefish”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- By using highest male-specific spermatocrit as a reference value, we equalized number of sperm cells across the 48 fertilizations.