seminal

adj.

1. Of, relating to, containing, or conveying semen or seed.
2. Of, relating to, or having the power to originate; creative.
3. Highly influential in an original way; constituting or providing a basis for further development: a seminal idea in the creation of a new theory.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sēminālis, from sēmen, sēmin-, seed. See semen.]

seminally sem'i·nal·ly adv.

adj

Definition: influential
Antonyms: irrelevant, unimportant

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Emanating from or pertaining to semen.

• s. colliculus — see seminal colliculus.
• s. fluid — some of the fluid originates in the testis but most is contributed by the various sex glands, the amount and the composition from each gland varying between species.
• s. glands — see seminal vesicle.
• s. peritonitis — peritonitis caused by rupture of the vagina by the stallion during mating, or of the cow's uterus by the inseminator; causes a low-grade, chronic peritonitis in the caudal abdomen.
• s. plasma — the liquid supernatant after sedimentation or centrifugation of semen.
• s. vesicle — see seminal vesicle.
• s. vesiculitis — inflammation of the seminal vesicles.

Seminal

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - sæd-, frø-, som indeholder spiren til senere udvikling, skabende, forberedende

Nederlands (Dutch)
de basis vormend voor verdere ontwikkeling, kiemkrachtig, inspirerend, beginnend

Français (French)
adj. - (gén) déterminant, (Physiol) séminal

Deutsch (German)
adj. - Samen-, schöpferisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (βιολ.) σπερματικός, (μτφ.) γονιμοποιός, θεμελιώδης

Italiano (Italian)
seminale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - seminal, germinal, rudimentar

Русский (Russian)
семенной, зародышевый, плодотворный, основополагающий, оригинальный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - seminal, espermático, originario

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - frö-, sädes-, som bär fröet till en senare utveckling, fruktbärande, originell, nyskapande, betydelsefull

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
精液的, 生殖的, 种子的, 再生的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 精液的, 生殖的, 種子的, 再生的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 정액의, 생식의, 발달 가능성이 있는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 精液の, 種子の, 生殖の, 発展の元になる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) منوي, بزري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של נוזל הזרע, של זרעי צמחים, מקורי, משמש בסיס לפיתוח עתידי (רעיון), מצמיח, חשוב להבנת נושא, מוליד‬

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