SEMINAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does seminal mean? 

• SEMINAL (adjective)
  The adjective SEMINAL has 2 senses:

1. pertaining to or containing or consisting of semen

2. containing seeds of later development

  Familiarity information: SEMINAL used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEMINAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pertaining to or containing or consisting of semen

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

seminal fluid

Pertainym:

semen (the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Containing seeds of later development

Synonyms:

germinal; originative; seminal

Context example:

seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another

Similar:

original (being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of)

 Context examples 

One of 12 to 14 small seminal ducts leading from the testis to the head of the epididymis.

(Efferent Duct, NCI Thesaurus)

In a radical cystoprostatectomy, the seminal vesicles are also removed.

(Cystoprostatectomy, NCI Dictionary)

Bilateral tubes formed by the joining of the vas deferens and the excretory duct of the seminal vesicle which merge into the urethra after passing through the prostate.

(Ejaculatory Duct, NCI Thesaurus)

The 94-amino acid seminal protein is derived from a pre-polypeptide of 114 amino acids.

(Beta-Microseminoprotein, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include benign prostate phyllodes tumor, benign Sertoli cell tumor, seminal vesicle cystadenoma, and epididymal adenomatoid tumor.

(Benign Male Reproductive System Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Paired exocrine glands of the male reproductive system located at the medial termination of the ductus deferens that produce and secrete lipids and glycogen, components of the seminal fluid.

(Ampullary Gland, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes prostate-specific antigen protein, plays a role in the liquefaction of seminal coagulum via hydrolysis of semenogelin-1.

(KLK3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the hydrolysis of high molecular mass seminal vesicle protein, resulting in the liquefaction of seminal coagulum.

(KLK3 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood vessel arising from the anterior side of the internal iliac artery that supplies the base of the bladder, prostate gland and seminal vesicles.

(Inferior Vesical Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The team next analyzed urine samples collected from a second, independent group of 117 healthy controls and 90 patients with prostate cancer (61 with stage T2, prostate-confined cancer and 29 with stage T3, cancer that’s spread to nearby tissues called seminal vesicles).

(Biomarker Signatures of Prostate Cancer, NIH)