spermatorrhoea

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/spə(ɹ)ˌmætəˈɹiːə/

noun

Abnormal emission of the semen without copulation.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

nounspermatorrhoea (countable and uncountable, plural spermatorrhoeas)

plural spermatorrhoeas · alternative US spermatorrhea · alternative obsolete spermatorrhœa

  1. countableuncountablemedicineAbnormal emission of the semen without copulation.

    Sure, masturbation is unhealthy, Lallemand wrote. But so is the unintentional loss of semen, which he called spermatorrhea.

    2001, David M Friedman, A Mind of its Own, Robert Hale, published 2009, page 70
    1 more example

    The indulgence of illicit pleasures, says Dr. S. Pancoast, sooner or later is sure to entail the most loathsome diseases on their votaries. Among these diseases are Gonorrhoea, Syphilis, Spermatorrhoea (waste of semen by daily and nightly involuntary emissions), […]

    1920, B. G. Jefferis, J. L. Nichols, “Sexual Proprieties and Improprieties”, in Searchlights on Health

Origin

Translations

French spermatorrhée
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