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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

Heterosexual

Health care; Sexual health

A person who is attracted to individuals of the opposite gender.

Transvestite

Health care; Sexual health

A person who cross-dresses for sexual pleasure. (Often offensive. Use "cross-dresser" to describe cross-dressing for other reasons. )

Vasectomy

Health care; Sexual health

A permanent sterilisation procedure for men. The operation, usually done in a physician's office, requires cutting and sealing the vas deferens, the tubes in the male reproductive system that carry ...

Priapism

Health care; Sexual health

A persistent and painful erection of the penis without sexual stimulation that is caused by too much blood flow into the corpus cavernosa.

Androgyne

Health care; Sexual health

A person who has characteristics of both genders, feminine and masculine. A person whose gender looks mixed or neutral — androgynous.

Homosexual

Health care; Sexual health

A person who has sexual desire for people of the same gender.

Bisexual

Health care; Sexual health

A person who has sexual desire for members of both genders.

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