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. 2014 Nov;21(11):1334–1340. doi: 10.1177/1933719114536473

Table 2.

Medical Definitions for Semen Samples Per WHO 2010.13

Asthenozoospermia Percentage of progressively motile spermatozoa <32% (fifth percentile relative to the average fertile male)
Azoospermia Absence of spermatozoa in the ejaculate
Necrozoospermia Absence of live or motile spermatozoa in ejaculate
Normozoospermia Total number of spermatozoa >39 million per ejaculate or concentration >15 million/mL, and percentages of progressively motile (PR) >32% and morphologically normal spermatozoa >4%
Oligozoospermia Total number of spermatozoa <39 million per ejaculate or concentration <15 million/mL

Abbreviation: WHO, World Health Organization.