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Testing the ejaculate for the number of sperm, the sperm’s mobility, and the amount of fructose. The purpose is to determine the cause of infertility. A common test performed in evaluating infertility problems. A laboratory test to determine the fertility of a man. Semen is the thick, white fluid containing sperm cells that is expelled…

The product of the male reproductive organs consisting of spermatozoa and fluid secretions from the prostate gland and other reproductive glands. The fluid emitted from the penis during ejaculation at the point of orgasm. The semen is made up of sperm (manufactured by the testes, matured and stored in the epididymis, and transported via the…

The organization of meaning in language, semantic features; semantic memory. Related to the definition of words.  

Rules in grammar that have to do with meaning.  

In reading, the process of translation from spelling to meanings.  

Memory as knowing.  

Incorporation of new information into the context of what a person already knows.  

A form of mediated generalization that occurs because of similarity in meaning between the original conditioned stimulus and the new test stimulus.  

The smallest significant unit of meaning within a word, semantic memory; semantics.  

A self-report inventory requiring the respondent to rate each concept in one of seven positions between a number of polar objectives.