Ejaculate
Ejaculate: To ejaculate is to release semen during an orgasm in a male.
The ejaculate (used as a noun) is the semen.
Read Also:
- Ejaculation
Ejaculation: Ejection of sperm and seminal fluid during an orgasm in a male.
- Ejaculatory duct
Ejaculatory duct: A canal in the male formed by union of the vas deferens and the duct from the seminal vesicle. The ejaculatory duct passes through the prostate. Semen passes through them at the time of ejaculation.
- Ejection fraction
Ejection fraction: The percentage of blood that is pumped out of a filled ventricle as a result of a heartbeat. The heart does not eject all the blood in the ventricle. Only about two-thirds of the blood is normally pumped out with each beat, and that fraction is referred to as the ejection fraction. The […]
- ELA2
ELA2: The gene encoding the enzyme elastase 2 (neutrophilic elastase). Mutations in ELA2 cause cyclic neutropenia. See: Elastase 2.
- Elastase
Elastase: An enzyme that digests and degrades a number of proteins including elastin, an elastic substance in the lungs and some other organs that supports their structural framework. Elastase is specifically inhibited by alpha-1 antitrypsin. See also: Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.