See Also: Ejaculation(medicine)
Ejaculation(health)
ejaculation(dictionary)
retrograde ejaculation(medicine)
Premature ejaculation(health)

expiration (iou) and ejaculation (iou)


expiration (iou)



expiration noun. LME.
[Latin ex(s)piratio(n-), from ex(s)pirat- pa. ppl stem of ex(s)pirare: see EXPIRE, -ATION.]
1. a. A vapour, an exhalation. LME-M17.
b. Change into vapour, evaporation. E16-M17.
2. The action of breathing one's last; death. M16-E19.
3. = EXPIRY 1. M16.
W. S. Maugham It was at the expiration of their term [of hard labour] that their real punishment began. Los Angeles Times A customer..had noticed that the expiration date on a cottage cheese carton had passed.
4. The action or an act of breathing out. L16.
F. H. Ramadge The impeded expiration..caused..the lower lobes of the lung to be exceedingly enlarged.
5. (An) emission of air, vapour, etc. M17.
T. Hardy There came..an utter expiration of air from the whole heaven in the form of a slow breeze.
expiratory adjective M19.

ejaculation (iou)



ejaculation noun. E17.
[French ejaculation, from ejaculer from Latin ejaculari: see EJACULATE verb, -ATION.]
The action or an act of ejaculating matter from the body etc.; spec. the discharge of semen during orgasm. E17.
premature ejaculation ejaculation of semen during sexual intercourse before penetration or immediately after it.
J. L. Harper Where a seed is dispersed by ejaculation from a capsule.
The action or an act of throwing, throwing up, or shooting out; emission of radiation. E17-E19.
Something that is ejaculated; esp. a short prayer hastily made; a sudden expression of emotion. E17.
Conan Doyle Cunning questions and ejaculations of wonder.
The action of saying something suddenly and with feeling. M17.