nocturnal emission

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nocturnal emission

[näk′tərn·əl i′mish·ən]

(physiology)

Normal, involuntary seminal discharge occurring during sleep in males after puberty.

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Semenarche occupies this distinctive place because it is intimately linked with sexual desire, masturbation, nocturnal emission, orgasm, and ejaculation.

"I've never thought about it": contradictions and taboos surrounding American males' experiences of first ejaculation (semenarche)

This flux is in good agreement with the estimated nocturnal emissions of C[H.

Methane soil-vegetation-atmosphere fluxes in tropical ecosystems/Flujos de metano del sistema suelo-vegetacion-atmosfera en ecosistemas tropicales/fluxos de metano do sistema solo-vegetacao-atmosfera em ecossistemas tropicais

Following Spitz and Hare, Comfort observed that punitive treatments for the vice introduced in the second half of the nineteenth century included chastity belts and genital infibulation for both sexes, and spiked collars to wrap around the penis of boys afflicted by nocturnal emissions, as recommended by J.

The masturbation taboo and the rise of routine male circumcision: A review of the historiography. (Review Essay)

These don't occur just with sexual intercourse; masturbation or even nocturnal emissions can bring them on.