spermatorrhea

or sper·ma·tor·rhoe·a

[ spur-muh-tuh-ree-uh, spur-mat-uh- ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. abnormally frequent and involuntary nonorgasmic emission of semen.

Word History and Origins

Origin of spermatorrhea¹

From New Latin, dating back to 1855–60; spermato-, -rrhea

Example Sentences

As the disease progresses, it is attended by hysterical weeping, a dull pain in the head, throbbing of the temporal arteries, anxious expression of the face, watchfulness, incontinence of urine, spermatorrhea, increased hectic fever, and a general wasting of all the vital powers.

From Salon

In hypochondriacs spermatorrhea becomes a bugbear, which often makes them the dupes of charlatans.

From Project Gutenberg

Associated words: seminal, spermatic, spermatism, gonic, aspermatism, aspermia, seminific, seminiferous, spermatoid, spermatozoid, spermic, spermary, spermatorrhea, spermatozoa, emission, vesiculæ seminales, fecundate. semicircle, n. hemicycle. send, v. dispatch, commission, delegate; transmit, forward. send back. return, remand, recommit. sending back. return, remand, remandment, recommitment. senile, a. decrepit, feeble, aged, infirm. senility, n. dotage, decrepitude, old age. seniority, n. eldership, superiority. sensation, n. consciousness, feeling, perception; excitement.

From Project Gutenberg

Spermatophobia has been noticed among the ignorant, caused or increased by inspection of sensational literature, treatises on the subject of spermatorrhea, etc.

From Project Gutenberg