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Aspermia

Definition
noun
The absence of any ejaculate or semen.
Supplement
One of its causes is retrograde ejaculation by excessive drug use.
Word origin: a-, without + –spermia.
Compare: oligospermia, polyspermia.

See also: azoospermia.


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