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coitus

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co·i·tus  (k-ts, k--)
n.
Sexual union between a male and a female involving insertion of the penis into the vagina.

[Latin, from past participle of core, to copulate : co-, co- + re, to go, come; see ei- in Indo-European roots.]

coi·tal adj.
coi·tal·ly adv.

coitus [ˈkəʊɪtəs], coition [kəʊˈɪʃən]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) technical terms for sexual intercourse
[C18 coitus: from Latin: a uniting, from coīre to meet, from īre to go]
coital  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.coitus - the act of sexual procreation between a man and a womancoitus - the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur
sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice - activities associated with sexual intercourse; "they had sex in the back seat"
defloration - the act of depriving a woman of her virginity (especially by rupturing the hymen through sexual intercourse)
insemination - the introduction of semen into the genital tract of a female
hank panky - illicit sexual intercourse
penetration - the act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman
criminal congress, unlawful carnal knowledge - forbidden or tabu sexual intercourse between individuals

coitus
noun sexual intercourse, sex, coupling, congress, mating, nookie (slang), copulation, rumpy-pumpy (slang), coition, the other (informal), union During coitus, the male ejaculates millions of sperm cells.
Translations
coitus [ˈkɔɪtəs] Ncoito m
coitus interruptuscoitus m interruptus
coitus [ˈkəʊɪtəs] ncoït m


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Aa The newspaper did not discuss whether the watchdog regards coitus itself to be contrary to childhood development, or any theories it may have about childrearing without conception.
Research suggests that almost half (between 44% and 47%) of all sexually active American undergraduates have consented to unwanted coitus (O'Sullivan & Allgeier, 1998: Sprecher, Hatfield, Cortese, Potapova, & Levitskaya, 1994).
Congrès was defined by the Frutière dictionary as: "the practice of coitus ordered by decree of an ecclesiastical judge, performed in the presence of surgeons and matrons, to discover whether a man is potent, with a view to dissolving a marriage.
 
 
 
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