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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
coming out of the closet
Health care; Sexual health
The process of accepting and being open about one’s previously concealed identity, such as being bisexual, lesbian, gay, or transgender.
labor
Health care; Sexual health
The process of childbirth, from contractions of the uterus and dilation of the cervix to delivery of the infant and expulsion of the placenta.
spermatogenesis
Health care; Sexual health
The process of producing sperm or the male reproductive cells. Occurs in the seminiferous tubules of the testes.
use-effectiveness
Health care; Sexual health
The reliability of a contraceptive method as it is usually used —when it is not always used consistently or correctly.
method effectiveness
Health care; Sexual health
The reliability of a contraceptive method itself, when always used consistently and correctly.
lumpectomy
Health care; Sexual health
The removal from the breast of a malignant growth that has not metastasized (spread to other parts of the body).
