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Sexual health
Enjoying emotional, physical, and social well-being in regard to one’s sexuality, including free and responsible sexual expression that enriches one’s personal and social life and fulfills one’s sexual rights. Disorders in sexual health can impact a person’s physical and emotional health, as well as his or her relationships and self-image.
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Sexual health
Infant mortality rate
Health care; Sexual health
Number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births.
Pheromones
Health care; Sexual health
Odours given off by animals, including humans, to attract others sexually.
Methotrexate
Health care; Sexual health
One of the medications that can be used with misoprostol for medication abortion.
Postpartum psychosis
Health care; Sexual health
Severe postpartum depression that may include withdrawal from reality, delusions, hallucinations, and, in some cases, murderous attacks on the newborn.
Interfemoral intercourse
Health care; Sexual health
Sex play in which the penis is moved between the partner's thighs. Also called "intercrural intercourse. "
Tribadism
Health care; Sexual health
Sex play between two women who lie face-to-face and rub their clitorises against one another.
Intercourse
Health care; Sexual health
Sex play in which the penis is inserted into the vagina (vaginal intercourse) or the anus (anal intercourse).