Definition of "spermatic" [sper•mat•ic]

• Of, relating to, or resembling sperm: a spermatic substance; a spermatic filament. (adjective)
• Containing, conveying, or producing sperm: the spermatic duct. (adjective)
• Of or relating to a spermary. (adjective)

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• "The animals, of which some are raised by means of conception to the rank of larger animals, may be called spermatic, but those among them which are not so raised but remain in their own kind"
• "The seeds in question were called the spermatic logoi or perhaps"
• "As the ductus deferens rises upwards from the epididymis towards the bladder, it also comes to be surrounded by nerve fibers, arteries, and veins, and the complex structure further encased in connective tissue is referred to as the spermatic cord."