post-ejaculatory
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English
29
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Passed after ejaculation; said especially of urine.
adj
Occurring after ejaculation.
Example Sentences
- "The diagnosis of low-volume ejaculates without retrograde ejaculation is confirmed by the absence of significant numbers of sperm in the post-ejaculatory urine."
- "Ejaculation followed by a prolonged post-ejaculatory refractory period (PERP) are considered principal features of the normal male sexual response."
- "Capacitation is only one example of post-ejaculatory modifications to sperm (PEMS) that are widespread throughout the animal kingdom."
- "Conditions that sperm experience after release influence the outcome of sperm competition, hence paternity, but additionally, several studies have proposed that post-ejaculatory sperm experiences might influence the subsequent phenotype of offspring outside of paternity (Evans et al. 2017, Crean and Immler 2021, Purchase et al. 2021, Lymbery et al. 2025)."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ē- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder. Latin iaciō Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin iaculus Latin iaculum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin iaculor Latin ēiaculor Latin ēiaculātusbor. English ejaculate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -tōriusder. Middle English -orie English -ory English ejaculatory English post-ejaculatory From post- + ejaculatory.