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Definition of Sperm count
1. Noun. The number of sperm in an ejaculate. "The sperm count is used as an indicator of male fertility"
2. Noun. The act of estimating the number of spermatozoa in an ejaculate.
Definition of Sperm count
1. Noun. The number of spermatozoa in a given amount of ejaculate (typically one millilitre), often used as a gauge of male fertility. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Sperm count
1. The number of sperm in the ejaculate (when given as the number of sperm per millileter it is more accurately known as the sperm concentration or sperm density). (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sperm Count
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Literary usage of Sperm count
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"Thus, the studies from which the higher baseline of sperm count was determined
do not form a robust base. Also, application of more sophisticated approaches ..."
2. Assessing the Human Health Risks of Trichloroethylene: Key Scientific Issues by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"(2000a,b) also found significant decreases in total epididymal sperm count,
motility, and specific activities of the steroidogenic enzymes ..."
3. Anabolic Steroid Abuse by Geraline C. Lin (1996)
"There are no documented cases of irreversible sterility occurring in healthy men
with initially normal sperm count as a result of AS use. ..."
4. Environmental Epidemiology by National Research Council (U. S.), National Research Council (1991)
"(1989) similarly find that workers with long term exposure to 2-ethoxyethanol,
a known animal reproductive toxin, have significantly reduced sperm count, ..."
5. Environmental Epidemiology by National Research Council (U. S.), National Research Council (1991)
"Exposed workers had significant impairments in a number of measures of sperm,
including sperm count, the percentage of viable and motile sperm, ..."
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