Term |
Definition |
| Cryobank |
A storage place that uses very low, sub-zero temperatures to preserve tissue or sperm. |
| Cryobanking |
Storing tissue or sperm at a facility which preserves the stored specimens in very low, sub-zero temperatures. |
| Cryopreservation |
A process by which cells or tissues are preserved through cooling to low sub-zero temperatures. |
| Freezing Sperm |
A method used to store and preserve sperm in very low, sub-zero temperatures. Frozen sperm must be stored in very low temperatures (-196 F ), but in order to insure that the fewest possible sperm are damaged, the freezing must be gradual. |
| Semen |
Organic fluid containing sperm. It is secreted by the sexual glands and male sexual organs in order to fertilize the female ovum. Also known as seminal fluid. |
| Semen Analysis |
A test conduct on semen to determine sperm quality. |
| Semen Test |
See Semen Analysis above. |
| Sperm Bank |
The process of freezing and preserving a man's semen for future use. |
| Sperm Banking |
The process of freezing and preserving a man's semen for future use. |
| Sperm Count |
A measurement of how many million sperm there are in each milliliter of fluid. Also known as sperm concentration. |
| Sperm Evaluation |
See Semen Analysis above. |
| Sperm Preservation |
See Freezing Sperm above |
| Sperm Storage |
See Freezing Sperm above |
| Sperm Test |
See Semen Analysis above. |
| Sperm Testing |
See Semen Analysis above. |
| Washing Sperm |
A process that removes: debris, white blood cells, and prostaglandins, and dead sperm. This process concentrates the sperm into a small volume that can easily be handled by the uterus. This process is used to prepare sperm for an intrauterine insemination (IUI). |
