Necrospermia
Necrospermia (or necrozoospermia) is a condition in which there is a low percentage of live and a very high percentage of immotile spermatozoa in semen.[1]
| -spermia, Further information: Testicular infertility factors |
| Aspermia —lack of semen; anejaculation |
| Asthenozoospermia —sperm motility below lower reference limit |
| Azoospermia —absence of sperm in the ejaculate |
| Hyperspermia —semen volume above higher reference limit |
| Hypospermia —semen volume below lower reference limit |
| Oligozoospermia —total sperm count below lower reference limit |
| Necrozoospermia—absence of living sperm in the ejaculate |
| Teratozoospermia —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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