Meaning of EJACULATION
| Pronunciation: | | i`jakyu'leyshun
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- [n] an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion
- [n] the discharge of semen in males
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| | Synonyms: | | interjection |
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| | See Also: | | discharge, emission, exclaiming, exclamation, expelling, nocturnal emission, premature ejaculation | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \E*jac`u*la"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]jaculation.]
1. The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and
rapid flight. [Archaic or Technical] ``An ejaculation or
irradiation of the eye.'' --Bacon.
2. The uttering of a short, sudden exclamation or prayer, or
the exclamation or prayer uttered.
In your dressing, let there be jaculations fitted to
the several actions of dressing. --Jer. Taylor.
3. (Physiol.) The act of ejecting or suddenly throwing, as a
fluid from a duct.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The release of semen through the penis during orgasm. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Ejaculation is a two-part spinal reflex that involves: - movement of semen into the urethra in response to signals from the internal pudendal nerves (afferent), and hypgastric nerves (efferent), and
- propulsion of the semen out of the urethra by contraction of the bulbocavernosus muscle in response to signals from the sacral roots and the internal pudendal nerves.
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| Thesaurus Terms |
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| | Related Terms: | | blowout, blurt, discharge, disgorgement, ecphonesis, effusion, egestion, ejection, elimination, emission, eructation, eruption, exclamation, excretion, expletive, expulsion, extravasation, extrusion, exudation, flow, flux, jet, outburst, outpour, secretion, spout, spurt, squirt, transudation |
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