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post-ejaculatory en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ē- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder. Latin iaciō Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin iaculus Latin iaculum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin iaculor Latin ēiaculor Latin ēiaculātusbor. English ejaculate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -tōriusder. Middle English -orie English -ory English ejaculatory English post-ejaculatory From post- + ejaculatory.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Passed after ejaculation; said especially of urine.
   • The diagnosis of low-volume ejaculates without retrograde ejaculation is confirmed by the absence of significant numbers of sperm in the post-ejaculatory urine. 1982, Current Therapy of Infertility, page 54:
2. (not-comparable) Occurring after ejaculation.
   • Conditions that sperm experience after release influence the outcome of sperm competition, hence paternity, but additionally, several studies have proposed that post-ejaculatory sperm experiences might influence the subsequent phenotype of offspring outside of paternity (Evans et al. 2017, Crean and Immler 2021, Purchase et al. 2021, Lymbery et al. 2025). 2025, Ranjan Wagle, Craig F Purchase, “Does post-ejaculatory sperm experience prior to fertilization alter embryo performance beyond paternity in an external fertilizing fish?”, in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, →DOI:
   • Ejaculation followed by a prolonged post-ejaculatory refractory period (PERP) are considered principal features of the normal male sexual response. 2012, Armin Becker, Mirja Schröder-Wilken, Matthias Trottmann, Christian Stief, Markus Kuczyk, Stefan Ückert, “INVESTIGATING THE MALE POST-EJACULATORY REFRACTORY PERIOD: IS THERE A ROLE OF HISTAMINE AND THE VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE?”, in Journal of Urology:
   • Capacitation is only one example of post-ejaculatory modifications to sperm (PEMS) that are widespread throughout the animal kingdom. 2019, Scott Pitnick, Mariana F Wolfner, Steve Dorus, “Post-ejaculatory modifications to sperm (PEMS)”, in Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2025:

Forms

Antonyms

pre-ejaculatory · pre-ejaculatory

Translations (1)

fr post-éjaculatoire (passed or occurring after ejaculation)