Definition of Oligospermia

1. Noun. Insufficient spermatozoa in the semen.


Definition of Oligospermia

1. Noun. (medicine) Low volume of semen. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Oligospermia

1. A low sperm count. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oligospermia

oligosaccharide dehydrogenase
oligosaccharides
oligosaccharin
oligosaccharyl sulfatase
oligosaccharyltransferase
oligosepalous
oligosialia
oligosiderite
oligosiderites
oligosilane
oligosilanes
oligosiloxane
oligosiloxanes
oligosome
oligospecific
oligostilbene
oligostilbenes
oligosymptomatic
oligosynaptic
oligosynthetic
oligotherapy
oligothiophene
oligothiophenes
oligothymia
oligotokous
oligotrichia
oligotrichosis

Literary usage of Oligospermia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diseases of the Nervous System by Archibald Church, Julius Lincoln Salinger (1910)
"... oligospermia) should probably be included—but concerning this we know very little. The secretion of the male genital glands is influenced by sympathetic ..."

2. Therapeutic Gazette (1917)
"... cent to oligospermia. 6. Bilateral epididymitis caused azo- ... forty- two per cent of oligospermia ; fifty-five per cent of ..."

3. Health and Disease in Relation to Marriage and the Married State by Hermann Senator, Siegfried Kaminer (1904)
"Closely related to azoospermia is oligospermia, ie a condition of the spermatic fluid ... As to the causation of oligospermia we are not very well informed. ..."

4. Health and Disease in Relation to Marriage and the Married State by Hermann Senator, Siegfried Kaminer (1905)
"Allied to it is the condition known as oligospermia. ... Azoospermia and oligospermia. Azoospermia and oligospermia are in the great majority of cases ..."

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