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ejaculatory

American  
[ih-jak-yuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ɪˈdʒæk jə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /
Also ejaculative

adjective

  1. pertaining to or of the nature of an exclamatory utterance.

  2. Physiology. pertaining to ejaculation.


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Etymology

Origin of ejaculatory

First recorded in 1635–45; ejaculate + -ory 1


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Male hormonal disorders, disruptions to testicular or ejaculatory functions and genetic disorders may result in infertility, according to the CDC.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 4, 2023

In Ebola, macrophages seem to be a reservoir for virus in the tightly coiled tube, known as the epididymis, that is present on the outside of testes and helps transport sperm to the ejaculatory ducts.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 26, 2018

"Testosterone levels have long been known not to affect ejaculatory function," said Dr. Elizabeth Kavaler, a urology specialist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.

From US News ● Jul. 9, 2015

The Vas deferens is a tube connecting the seminiferous tubules to the ejaculatory duct, which begins in the prostate gland.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

It was evidently of a nature not to please him, for as he read he knit his brow, bit his lip, and uttered more than one ejaculatory “pish!”

From Wau-nan-gee or the Massacre at Chicago A Romance of the American Revolution by Major John Richardson

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