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Meaning of "freemartin" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FREEMARTIN

Of uncertain origin.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FREEMARTIN

freemartin  [ˈfriːˌmɑːtɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FREEMARTIN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Freemartin is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FREEMARTIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Freemartin

A freemartin or free-martin is an infertile female mammal which has masculinized behavior and non-functioning ovaries. Genetically the animal is chimeric: karyotyping of a sample of cells shows XX/XY chromosomes. Externally, the animal appears female, but various aspects of female reproductive development are altered due to acquisition of anti-Müllerian hormone from the male twin. Freemartinism is the normal outcome of mixed-sex twins in all cattle species that have been studied, and it also occurs occasionally in other mammals including sheep, goats and pigs.

Definition of freemartin in the English dictionary

The definition of freemartin in the dictionary is the female of a pair of twin calves of unlike sex that is imperfectly developed and sterile, probably due to the influence of the male hormones of its twin during development in the uterus.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FREEMARTIN


Chloromycetin
ˌklɔːrəʊmaɪˈsiːtɪn
cortin
ˈkɔːtɪn
Curtin
ˈkɜːtɪn
cutin
ˈkjuːtɪn
erythropoietin
ɪˌrɪθrəʊpɔɪˈiːtɪn
hifalutin
ˌhaɪfəˈluːtɪn
highfalutin
ˌhaɪfəˈluːtɪn
marten
ˈmɑːtɪn
martin
ˈmɑːtɪn
mutine
ˈmjuːtɪn
Rasputin
ræˈspjuːtɪn
rutin
ˈruːtɪn
secretin
sɪˈkriːtɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FREEMARTIN

freehand
freehold
freeholder
freelance
freelancer
freeload
freeloader
freeloading
freely
freeman
freemason
freemasonry
freemen
freeness
Freeper
freephone
Freepost
freer
freesheet
freesia

WORDS THAT END LIKE FREEMARTIN

actin
biotin
bulletin
Chambertin
chromatin
gelatin
gratin
house martin
keratin
Latin
matin
patin
Putin
Saint Martin
Saint-Quentin
sand martin
satin
tin
Tintin
travertin

Synonyms and antonyms of freemartin in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «freemartin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FREEMARTIN

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Translator English - Chinese

freemartin
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

freemartin
570 millions of speakers

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freemartin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

freemartin
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

freemartin
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

freemartin
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

freemartin
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উভলিঙ্গ প্রাণী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

freemartin
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Freemartin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

free
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フリーマーチン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

freemartin
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Freemartin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

freemartin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

freemartin
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्रीमार्टिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

freemartin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vitella sterile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

freemartin
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

freemartin
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

freemartin
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

freemartin
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

freemartin
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

freemartin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

freemartin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of freemartin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FREEMARTIN»

The term «freemartin» is used very little and occupies the 154.613 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FREEMARTIN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about freemartin

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FREEMARTIN»

Discover the use of freemartin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to freemartin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Freemartin
Police officer Sam Knight, head of the NYPD's elite Special Operations Squad, and his team of crime specialists search for a deranged killer who has sexually mutilated three women
David Keith Cohler, 1984
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The History of Clinical Endocrinology: A Comprehensive ...
Figure 35 Lillie's classical drawing of the reproductive tract of a freemartin cow: (A ) 1 and 2: scrotal testes; 3: vas deferens; 4: broad ligament, 5: ureter; 6: bladder; 7 : seminal vesicle; 8: vagina; 9: vulva; 10: clitoris. (B and C) 1: testis; ...
V.C. Medvei, 1993
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Biological Actions of Sex Hormones
Lillie (1917), in a classical paper, showed that the freemartin is zygotically a female which has become modified by the sex hormones of the male twin owing to fusion of the two chorions and the consequent interchange of blood between the ...
Harold Burrows, 2013
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Dairy Cattle Fertility & Sterility
Growth of some male parts in the freemartin heifer is due to testosterone (male sex hormone) from the bull twin. Note the male sex organs — the seminal vesicles and vas deferens. Chapter 11 Diseases of reproduction SYMPTOMS OF MAJOR ...
Hoard's Dairyman, 1996
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Sex Determination, Differentiation and Intersexuality in ...
(1980) presented evidence for H-Y antigen circulating in the freemartin and postulated that H-Y antigen of testicular origin could be responsible for the masculinisation of its ovary, without suggesting the time-course of any such involvement.
R. H. F. Hunter, 1995
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Disciplining Reproduction: Modernity, American Life ...
Cole (1917): freemartin (calf) 2. Frederick F. McKenzie ( 1926): pig 3. Emil Witschi (1932): amphibia Even some of the latecomers to the field began from explicitly embryologi- cal work, including Gregory Pincus, a reproductive endocrinologist ...
Adele Clarke, 1998
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Reproduction in Domestic Animals
F reemartinism The freemartin condition is a serious problem resulting in female sterility in cattle, and has also been found on rare occasions in sheep, goats, and pigs (Hutt and Rasmusen, 1982; Bearden and Fuquay, 1984). The freemartin ...
Perry T. Cupps, 1991
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Reproductive Genomics in Domestic Animals
The term freemartin is now used to describe sterile females born cotwinto amale in any species. Asalready mentioned, the cases offreemartin are much morefrequent incattle than insheep, goats,or pigs. The reason for masculinization of the ...
Zhihua Jiang, Troy L. Ott, 2011
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Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection
2 it would be likely that, with the strong anastomosis between the male and the freemartin in the same horn of the uterus, and the much weaker connection to the other freemartin in the other horn, the amount of hormone filtering over to the ...
‎1868
10
Vertebrate Embryology: A Laboratory Manual
The freemartin in cattle is an instructive experiment of nature. In instances of heterosexual twinning (a genetic male and a genetic female co-twins) with anastomosis of the two placental circulations the female twin is invariably an intersex, ...
Richard Marshall Eakin, 1978

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FREEMARTIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term freemartin is used in the context of the following news items.
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Small Montana ranch sees 5 pairs of twin calves
“A heifer born with a twin bull is called a 'freemartin' and about 95 percent of the time she is infertile,” she said. “While in the uterus the twins are ... «Agri News, Apr 15»
2
Make a record of twins (or other multiple births)
A freemartin is genetically female, but has many characteristics of a male. The ovaries of the freemartin do not develop correctly, and they ... «CattleNetwork.com, Apr 15»
3
DNA testing ordered on rare set of DeKalb, TX quadruplet calves
Whether Meeny is a freemartin has yet to be confirmed, but with as much "masculine hormones" as she would have been exposed to from her ... «WSMV Nashville, Mar 15»
4
5 pairs of twin calves born on small Great Falls-area ranch
"A heifer born with a twin bull is called a 'freemartin' and about 95 percent of the time she is infertile," she said. "While in the uterus the twins are ... «The Missoulian, Mar 15»
5
Five pairs of twin calves born on small Montana ranch
"A heifer born with a twin bull is called a 'freemartin' and about 95 percent of the time she is infertile," she said. "While in the uterus the twins are ... «Great Falls Tribune, Mar 15»
6
Tips for a healthy calf crop
The calf most often orphaned is the freemartin heifer in the case of the heifer/bull twins. At preg checking good managers often keep one or two ... «Grainews, Feb 15»
7
Why is she open?
Sometimes the cow loses both, and sometimes just one. The producer may find only one calf, but if it's a heifer freemartin, you know there had ... «Canadian Cattlemen, Jan 15»
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Professor Ray Owen: Scientist whose pioneering work on …
... are suggested by these observations,” not least among them the possible identification of the sterile female “freemartin” when twinned with a ... «The Independent, Nov 14»
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Muffet the cow defies the odds by birthing quadruplets after triplets …
The general rule-of-thumb there is that the girl, they call her a freemartin, she's more or less 95 per cent chance she'll be infertile," he said. «ABC Online, Aug 14»
10
Make a record of twins
A freemartin is genetically female, but has many characteristics of a male. The ovaries of the freemartin do not develop correctly, and they ... «Minnesota Farm Guide, Apr 14»

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