Medical Definition of Amplexus
1. The pairing of male and female at the time that eggs and sperm are discharged simultaneously in those species, such as frogs, in which fertilization occurs externally. Origin: L. An embrace, fr. Amplector, pp. -plexus, to wind around (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amplexus
Literary usage of Amplexus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gymnasium, Sive Symbola Critica: Intended to Assist the Classical Student in by Alexander Crombie (1834)
"... amplexus est." Lib. i. Cap.. That the word, however, in one or two instances,
is more applicable to houses than fortifications appears from Plin. vi. ..."
2. Elementary Course of Geology, Mineralogy, and Physical Geography by David T[homas] Ansted (1856)
"amplexus coralloides (Carboniferous). 581. From some analyses of calcareous
corals, made by Mr. JD Dana, and published in 1846*, it appears that these ..."
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