NOCTURNAL EMISSION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ejaculation during sleep (usually during a dream)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("nocturnal emission" is a kind of...):

ejaculation (the discharge of semen in males)

Holonyms ("nocturnal emission" is a part of...):

wet dream (an erotic dream (usually at night) accompanied by the (nocturnal) emission of semen)

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