Sexual climax in the male without apparent ejaculation of semen. Often an instance of retrograde ejaculation caused by some anomaly within the prostate in which semen is ejaculated backward into the posterior urethra and urinary bladder rather than out the penis. Removal of the prostate often is the cause of dry orgasm.
The experience of male sexual climax without ejaculation or the emission of semen. Dry orgasm may be experienced by boys before puberty and by adult males with neurological or prostatic diseases.