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Spermatorrhoea

{

Sperˊma-tor-rhe′a

,

Sperˊma-tor-rhoe′a

,, }
Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
σπέρμα
,
-ατος
, seed + [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] to flow.]
(Med.)
Abnormally frequent involuntary emission of the semen without copulation.

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spermatorrhoea

spermatorrhoea

See also: spermatorrhœa

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Noun

spermatorrhoea (countable and uncountable, plural spermatorrhoeas)

  1. (medicine) Abnormal emission of the semen without copulation.
    • '2001, David M Friedman, A Mind of its Own, Robert Hale 2009. p. 70:
      Sure, masturbation is unhealthy, Lallemand wrote. But so is the unintentional loss of semen, which he called spermatorrhea.