Term: azoospermia
A+zoo+ spermia = not live sperm
Origin: Anc Greek
α (=(privative)
+ζωή/zoe(=life)
+ σπέρμα/sperma(=sperm, seed)
Definition
A major cause of male infertility characterized by no measurable amount of live sperm in semen. The complete lack of semen is called aspermia and the reduced level of sperm is called oligospermia.
Not that this would ultimately alter the meaning, but a more accurate etymology, I believe, would be ἄζωος/azoos (without life, lifeless)+σπερμα (seeds, sperm). ἄζωος is formed from α (=(privative) +ζωός/zoos(=living, with life), which is the adjective from noun ζωή/zoe(=life). Not to mention the suffix -ία/ia (the condition of having...). So that azoospermia would actually be formed by ἄζωος+σπερμα+ία = the condition of having (-ia) lifeless (azoos) sperm (sperma).
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