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necrospermia

 [nek″ro-sper´me-ah]
a condition in which the spermatozoa of the semen are dead or motionless.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

nec·ro·sper·mi·a

(nek'rō-sper'mē-ă),
A condition in which there are dead or immobile spermatozoa in the semen.
[necro- + G. sperma, seed]
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

necrospermia

The presence of dead or immobile spermatozoa in seminal fluid.
Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

necrospermia

Urology The absence of live sperm in seminal fluid. See Sterility.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

nec·ro·sper·mi·a

(nek'rō-spĕr'mē-ă)
A condition in which there are dead or immobile sperms in the semen.
[necro- + G. sperma, seed]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

necrospermia

A high proportion of dead sperm in the seminal fluid. This is a cause of sterility.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
References in periodicals archive
Necrospermia and teratozoospermia (mostly of the tail) increased, with the presence of apoptotic cells and vacuolization of the seminiferous epithelium affecting mostly primary spermatocytes.
Ecotoxicology and testicular damage (environmental chemical pollution). A review/Ecotoxicologia y dano testicular. (Contaminacion quimica ambiental). Revision
1999a, 2001); or increased levels of asthenospermia, necrospermia, and teratospermia in farm sprayers who applied 2,4-D (Lerda and Rizzi 1991).
Birth malformations and other adverse perinatal outcomes in four U.S. wheat-producing states
The proven causes of isolated asthenospermia include artifactual asthenospermia, axonemal defects (immotile cilia syndrome), protein-carboxyl methylase (PCM) deficiency, anti-sperm antibody, necrospermia, and culture-proven infection (19).
Reduction of Sperm Motility in a Male Laboratory Worker Exposed to Solvents: A Case Study
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