azoospermia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

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The absence of live spermatozooa in the semen.

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"Infertility was caused by fallopian tube dysfunction and/or male-related factors (a diagnosis of asthenozoospermia and/or asthenoteratozoospermia or azoospermia according to the WHO Laboratory Manual for the Examination and Processing of Human Semen)."

From a- + zoospermia.

azoospermias (plural)

non-obstructive azoospermia obstructive azoospermia

azoospermic aspermia

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