Phagocytosis of spermatozoa in the female reproductive tract is characterized as a slow process beginning with the formation of pseudopodia, followed by the consumption of entire spermatozoa or their fragments (Mori and Uchida, 1974, Murakami et al., 1985, Phillips and Mahler, 1977a and Phillips and Mahler, 1977b).
Andrea [an-drea]â¼ as a girls' name (also used less widely as boys' name Andrea) is pronounced AHN-free-ah, AN-dree-ah. It is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Andrea is manly, virile. From the word andreia or feminine form of Andrew or Andreas, much favored for blended variants. Also used as nickname of Alexandra. The name was not used during the Middle Ages, but has existed since the 17th century.
1 In Italian, Albanian and Romansh Andrea is a masculine name, the equivalent of Andrew. 2  In Bulgarian Andrea is used as the feminine form of Andrei. 3  In Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia, Andrea is a feminine name; Andreja can be used as female name, while Andrija, Andro and Andrej are masculine forms.n the year 2006, it was the third most popular name in Italy with 3.1% of newborns. It is one of the Italian male names ending in a, with others being Elia (Elias), Enea (Aeneas), Luca (Lucas), Mattia (Matthias), Nicola (Nicholas), Tobia (Tobias).