Meanings
plural spermatorrhoeas · alternative US spermatorrhea · alternative obsolete spermatorrhœa
- 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 701 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
- spermatorrhéeTranslations
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