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- telephone scatalogia
- A nonspecified paraphilia characterized by a recurrent, intense urge or
fantasy to make obscene telephone calls.
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- tenting
- The expansion of the inner two-thirds of the vagina during sexual arousal.
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- teratogenic
- Causing birth defects.
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- testes
- The small, oval sex glands of the male, located in the scrotum that
produce sperm and sex hormones.
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- testicle
- One of the two male gonads inside the scrotum. Also called testis.
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- testicular feminization
- Outdated term for androgen-insensitivity syndrome.
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- testis
- Another word for testicle; singular term for testes.
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- testosterone
- The major natural androgen, it is secreted by the testes and serves to
maintain secondary sex characteristics, sperm production and sex drive.
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- theoretical failure rate
- The ideal failure rate of a contraceptive method when it is used
consistently and correctly.
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- tit fuck
- Slang term for a form of intercourse in which a man thrusts his penis
between a woman’s breasts.
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- tits
- Slang term for a woman’s breasts.
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- toxemia
- A dangerous condition that can occur between the 20th and 24th weeks of
pregnancy that is accompanied by high blood pressure and edema.
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- toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
- A potentially life-threatening condition caused by the Staphylococcus
aureus bacterium and linked to the use of superabsorbent tampons.
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- transition
- A short period of intense and very frequent contractions at the end of the
first stage of labor that completes dilation of the cervix to 10 cm to allow
the infant's head to enter the birth canal.
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- transsexual
- An individual whose individual gender identity is different from his or
her anatomical sex. They thus feel trapped in the body of the wrong gender.
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- transvestism
- Dressing in the clothing of the other gender.
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- transvestite
- A person who enjoys wearing the clothes of the other gender.
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- triangular system
- A psychoanalytic concept that posits that a male becomes a homosexual
because of an intimate, controlling mother and a detached, rejecting father.
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- tribadism
- A sexual activity in which one woman lies on top of another, often
"scissoring" her legs with her partners', and moves rhythmically
for mutual clitoral stimulation.
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- trich
- Abbreviation for trichomoniasis; an inflammation of the vagina
characterized by a whitish discharge, caused by the Trichomonas vaginalis
parasite.
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- trichomoniasis
- An inflammation of the vagina characterized by a whitish discharge, caused
by the Trichomonas vaginalis parasite. Often abbreviated as trich.
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- triphasic oral contraceptives
- Combination birth control pill in which the levels of estrogen and
progestin are varied over the menstrual cycle to more closely match that of
the fluctuations that would occur naturally
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- troilism
- A sexual behavior in which three people engage in sexual activity
together.
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- TS
- Slang term for a transsexual.
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- TSS
- Acronym for toxic shock syndrome.
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- TV
- Slang term for a transvestite.
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- tubal ligation
- A form of female sterilization that involves the cutting and/or tying off
of the fallopian tubes so that ova cannot be fertilized.
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- tubal pregnancy
- An ectopic pregnancy in which the embryo is implanted in the woman's
fallopian tube.
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- tumescence
- Swelling, such as that caused by vasocongestion.
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- Turner syndrome
- A genetic defect wherein females are born lacking an X chromosome,
resulting in the failure to develop ovaries.
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- Tyson's glands
- Glands under the foreskin of the penis that secrete a cheesy substance
called smegma.
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