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单词 spermicide
释义

spermiciden.

/ˈspəːmɪsʌɪd/
Etymology: < spermi- comb. form + -cide comb. form1.
Any substance which kills spermatozoa, esp. one used as a contraceptive. Cf. spermacide n., spermaticide n., and spermatocide n. at spermato- comb. form 4.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > contraception or birth control > [noun] > a contraceptive > spermicide
spermacide1908
spermaticide1923
spermicide1931
spermatocide1949
1931 Jrnl. Hygiene 31 190 The words ‘spermicide’ and ‘spermicidal’ are preferred, on grounds of euphony, to ‘spermaticide’ and ‘spermaticidal’.
1962 A. Huxley Island vi. 84 Before the age of rubber and spermicides.
1977 E. J. Trimmer et al. Visual Dict. Sex (1978) xiv. 135/3 Spermicides..should not be used alone as a contraceptive method.

Derivatives

spermiˈcidal adj.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > contraception or birth control > [adjective] > spermicidal
spermatocidal1928
spermicidal1929
spermaticidal1934
1929 Jrnl. Hygiene 29 323 The spermicidal powers of the various chemical contraceptives sold to the public have never previously been compared, and no one has been in a position to say that one spermicide is preferable to another.
1936 Discovery Sept. 277/2 Baker has shown that soap solution is more spermicidal than most chemical contraceptives.
1977 V. Coleman Paper Doctors ix. 93 There were 15 different types of spermicidal contraceptive waiting to be prescribed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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