asthenozoospermia

noun

Condition in which a large proportion of spermatozoa produced in an ejaculate possess poor motility.

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Meanings

nounasthenozoospermia (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineCondition in which a large proportion of spermatozoa produced in an ejaculate possess poor motility.

    Infertility was caused by fallopian tube dysfunction and/or male-related factors (a diagnosis of asthenozoospermia and/or asthenoteratozoospermia or azoospermia according to the WHO Laboratory Manual for the Examination and Processing of Human Semen).

    2015 July 25, “Clinical Outcomes of In Vitro Fertilization among Chinese Infertile Couples Treated for Syphilis Infection”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From astheno- + zoospermia. By surface analysis, a- (“not”) + sthen- (“strength”) + -o- (“connecting vowel”) + zo- (“animal”) + -o- (“connecting vowel”) + sperm (“seed”) + -ia (“condition”).

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