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genital
[ jen-i-tl ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or noting reproduction.
- of or relating to the sexual organs.
- Psychoanalysis.
- of or relating to the genital phase of psychosexual development.
- of or relating to the centering of sexual impulses and excitation on the genitalia.
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Other Words From
- post·geni·tal adjective
- pre·geni·tal adjective
- sub·geni·tal adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of genital1
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Example Sentences
Genital mutilation is practiced in various forms across the African continent, from Nigeria to Somalia.
Genital mutilation, for example, is not a just a medical problem but a legal problem.
Those are also the culprits in her other lifelong cause: ending the practice now called Female Genital Mutilation.
Genital duct diaulic, without open seminal groove; male and female apertures contiguous.
Genital duct always triaulic, and male and female apertures distant from each other.
Genital organization, therefore, may stand for the unconscious but not for the fore-conscious.
Genital tuft: in Lepidoptera; an expansible tuft of fine hair believed to be scent-producing.
Genital, jen′i-tal, adj. belonging to generation or the act of producing.
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