post-ejaculatory

See also: postejaculatory

English

Alternative forms

• postejaculatory

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 *-e-lós

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 *-is

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.

Adjective

post-ejaculatory (not comparable)

1. (biology) Passed after ejaculation; said especially of urine.

   Antonym: pre-ejaculatory

   • 1982, Current Therapy of Infertility‎^[1], page 54:

     The diagnosis of low-volume ejaculates without retrograde ejaculation is confirmed by the absence of significant numbers of sperm in the post-ejaculatory urine.

2. (biology) Occurring after ejaculation.

   Antonym: pre-ejaculatory

   • 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:

     Ejaculation followed by a prolonged post-ejaculatory refractory period (PERP) are considered principal features of the normal male sexual response.

   • 2019, Scott Pitnick, Mariana F Wolfner, Steve Dorus, “Post-ejaculatory modifications to sperm (PEMS)”, in Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society‎^[2], archived from the original on 3 February 2025:

     Capacitation is only one example of post-ejaculatory modifications to sperm (PEMS) that are widespread throughout the animal kingdom.

   • 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:

     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).

Translations

passed or occurring after ejaculation

• French: post-éjaculatoire
• Polish: po wytrysku