Tuesday, September 14, 2010

WHAT IS WHAT???-MALE INFERTILITY





Oligoasthenozoospermia:


It is one of the term which comes under


male infertility, used to define sperm with low count and low


motility.



Oligoasthenoteratozoospermia:



It is another term, used to define, low sperm
count with a high degree of

slow moving and abnormal
Sperms in the ejaculated semen.


Aspermia:


It is defined as complete absence or lack of semen.


Azoospermia:



It differs from aspermia that, there will be no
sperm in the ejaculated semen.


Oligozoospermia:



It is the most commonly used term of male infertility defined as low sperm

count in semen, that is less than
20million/ml.


Asthenozoospermia:



It is a condition in which the percentage of progressively motile sperm is

abnormally low.




Asthenospermia:



The loss or reduction of sperm activity is referred
as asthenospermia.



Teratospermia:


It is a condition which denotes sperms with
abnormal morphology.


Asthenoteratozoospermia:




Weakness and malformed sperm are called
asthenoteratozoospermia.