‖ ejaculatio præcox
(ɪdʒækjʊˈleɪʃɪəʊ ˈpriːkɒks)
[mod.L.: see ejaculation, præcocial a.]
(See quot. 1925.)
| 1892 C. G. Chaddock tr. Krafft-Ebing's Psychopathia Sexualis iii. 196 He became neurasthenic, being afflicted with weakness of erection and ejaculatio præcox. 1921 E. J. Kempf Psychopath. vii. 326 During his marriage, he was virtually impotent, and only at times was he able to perform as much as ejaculatio præcox. 1925 Stedman Med. Dict. (ed. 8) 307/2 E[jaculatio] praecox, premature ejaculation, rapid termination of the sexual act on the part of the male. 1928 Eisendrath & Rolnick Text-Bk. Urology xxviii. 441 The term impotence conveys a relative meaning, varying in degree from premature ejaculation (ejaculatio praecox) to total inability to have erection. 1959 L. P. Wershub Sexual Impotence in Male viii. 102 Some forms of ejaculatio praecox can often be due to physical causes. |