azoospermia
noun
azoospermia is a noun meaning “The absence of live spermatozooa in the semen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-Z-O-O-S-P-E-R-M-I-A, and it appears about once in every 38 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of azoospermia is azoospermias.
What does azoospermia mean?
noun
- 1
The absence of live spermatozooa in the semen.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of azoospermia
- azoospermias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is azoospermia?
Azoospermia appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Azoospermia in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense absence of live spermatozoa in the semen:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | azoospermie |
| German | Azoospermie |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does azoospermia come from?
From a- + zoospermia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).