OLD Sperm in a condom. Serious question....?

Question

if a condom was found a week after it was worn and there is sperm inside. would the process of decomposition be called rotting or decaying?

I'm being very serious.. so please clarify this for me. What's the actual term.. does the condom rot or decay, also?

I'm asking on a medical term basis. I don't have a condom and this didnt happen. It's in reference to a paper I have to write. And I'm stuck.

I'm actually married and my husband and I don't use condoms.

Answer 1

The condom will degrade overtime when exposed to the elements. Degradation means:

1. the act of degrading.
2. the state of being degraded.
3. Physical Geography. the wearing down of the land by the erosive action of water, wind, or ice.
4. Chemistry. the breakdown of an organic compound.

Condoms are made from latex. Latex is an organic material straight from the rubber tree.

The sperm inside would decompose. Decompose means:

1. to separate or resolve into constituent parts or elements; disintegrate: The bacteria decomposed the milk into its solid and liquid elements.
–verb (used without object) 2. to rot; putrefy: The egg began to decompose after a day in the sun.

Answer 2

Either: If you were to look in a thesaurus the words would be synonyms they mean the same thing. check out below from dictionary.com


rot  /rɒt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[rot] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, rot‧ted, rot‧ting, noun, interjection

–verb (used without object) 1. to undergo decomposition; decay.
2. to deteriorate, disintegrate, fall, or become weak due to decay (often fol. by away, from, off, etc.).
3. to languish, as in confinement.
4. to become morally corrupt or offensive.

de‧cay  /dɪˈkeɪ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[di-key] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–verb (used without object) 1. to become decomposed; rot: vegetation that was decaying.
2. to decline in excellence, prosperity, health, etc.; deteriorate.
3. Physics. (of a radioactive nucleus) to change spontaneously into one or more different nuclei in a process in which atomic particles, as alpha particles, are emitted from the nucleus, electrons are captured or lost, or fission takes place.
–verb (used with object) 4. to cause to decay or decompose; rot: The dampness of the climate decayed the books.
–noun 5. decomposition; rot: Decay made the wood unsuitable for use.

Answer 3

The condom is latex so it does not rot or decay. The sperm would decay as oppose to rot

Answer 4

good question !!!!!!!!
i think the condom cant decay coz its plastic and the sperm i dont know abt that maybe it has rotten off
i think its rot coz decay means u know breaking down into simpler compounds or is it decomposition i dont know

Answer 5

Decays.

Answer 6

sperm would dry up and latex breaks down but I think rot or decay is a biological process so only living things, or things that were alive at one time, like lunchmeat can do it. i think. your room must stink.

Answer 7

the sperm rotts, causing the condom to decay

Answer 8

the sperm decay because they are organic matter and the condom degrades because it's non-organic but most people use the words interchangeably

Answer 9

Decay lol

Answer 10

HAH, Why Didn't You Throw It Away
I would have to see the area surrounding your bed lol