Necrospermia
Necrospermia (or necrozoospermia) is a condition in which there is a low percentage of live and very much percentage of immotile spermatozoa in semen.[1]
| -spermia, Further information: Testicular infertility factors |
| (A)spermia - lack of semen; anejaculation |
| (Asthenozoo) - percent sperm motility below lower reference limit |
| (Azoo)spermia - absence of sperm in the ejaculate |
| (Hypo)spermia - semen volume below lower reference limit |
| (Oligozoo)spermia - Total sperm count below lower reference limit |
| (Necrozoo)spermia - no living sperm in the ejaculate |
| (Teratozoo)spermia - percent normal forms below lower reference limit |
It can be diagnosed via a semen analysis with vitality staining performed to determine whether the sperm are dead or alive and immotile.
References
- World Health Organization (WHO) Laboratory Manual for the Examination and Processing of Human Semen, 5th Edition, 2010
- World Health Organization (WHO) Laboratory Manual for the Examination and Processing of Human Semen, 5th Edition, 2010.
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