• Male Infertility Definition

Definition

Infertility is inability to conceive in spite of unprotected sexual intercourse for a year. When a man is unable to make his fertile partner pregnant, in spite of unprotected intercourse for a year, it is called Male Infertility. Infertility accounts for nearly 15% couples and male factor is responsible in about 20-40% cases.

Male infertility can be due to following conditions:

male infertility
  • Azoospermia - Absence of sperms in semen
  • Oligospermia - Less number of sperms in semen
  • Teratospermia - Sperms with abnormal morphology/structure
  • Asthenozoospermia - Reduced sperm motility
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