Sexual health

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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parental consent

Health care; Sexual health

A requirement that one or both parents give permission for a minor child to receive medical attention or to enter into a legal contract. Many states have mandatory parental consent laws regarding ...

tantric sex

Health care; Sexual health

A ritualized form of sex play based in Hindu and Buddhist traditions that is performed by gradually increasing spiritual concentration and sexual stimuli until a full, mind-body orgasm is reached.

laparoscope

Health care; Sexual health

A rod-like instrument with a light and viewing lens. Often used for tubal sterilization procedures.

ovarian cyst

Health care; Sexual health

A sac filled with fluid or a semisolid material that forms on or within one of the ovaries, the small organs in the pelvis that make female hormones and hold egg cells.

scrotum

Health care; Sexual health

A sac of skin, divided into two parts, enclosing the testes, epididymides, and parts of the vasa deferentia.

nuchal translucency test / nuchal fold test

Health care; Sexual health

A screen for Down syndrome and other abnormalities using ultrasound to measure the fold of skin on the neck of a fetus.

pap test

Health care; Sexual health

A screening test in which a sample of cells is taken from a woman’s cervix. The test is used to detect changes in the cells of the cervix for abnormal, precancerous, or cancerous growths.