Genital

genital /gen·i·tal/ (jen´i-t'l)

1. pertaining to reproduction, or to the reproductive organs.

2. (in the plural) the reproductive organs.

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gen·i·tal (jn-tl)

adj.

1. Of or relating to biological reproduction.

2. Of or relating to the genitalia.

3. Of or relating to the stage of psychosexual development in psychoanalytic theory beginning in puberty and during which the genitals become the focus of sexual gratification.

n.

A reproductive organ, especially one of the external sex organs.

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Genital

Sexual organ.

Mentioned in: Penile Prostheses

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genital

pl. genitalia

1. pertaining to reproduction, or the reproductive organs.

2. genitals, the reproductive organs, especially the external genital organs.

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genital bursatti

see swamp cancer.

genital campylobacteriosis

see bovine vibriosis.

genital ducts

male—efferent ductules, ductus epididymis, ductus deferens; female—uterine tubes (fallopian tubes, oviducts), uterus, vagina.

genital lock

the joining together of the dog and the bitch during coitus in which the enlarged penile bulb of the dog is held tightly in the bitch's vagina. The dog normally dismounts and stands back-to-back with the bitch, with the penis still locked in the vagina. Called also the 'tie'.

genital mycoplasmosis

see granular vaginitis.

genital organs

see penis, vulva, etc.

genital ridge

bilateral thickenings in the roof of the embryo's celom which are the primordia of the gonads.

genital squamous cell carcinoma

squamous cell carcinoma of the penis and prepuce and of the vulva.

genital system

the reproductive system including ovaries, ovarian bursa, uterine tubes, uterus, cervix, vagina, vulva, vestibular glands of the female and testicles, epididymis, vas deferens, penis, prostate, seminal vesicles, bulbourethral glands, prepuce and scrotum of the male.

genital tract

from the ovaries to the vulva, from the testicles to the external urethral meatus.

genital tubercle

the eminence in the embryo which develops into the clitoris or penis.

genital-urinary system

the combined urinary and reproductive systems.

genital vibriosis

see bovine vibriosis.

genital warts

see genital papillomatosis.

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genital adjective 1. Referring to the external and/or internal ♂ and/or ♀ sex organs and/or genitals 2. Pertaining or referring to reproduction 3. Referring to the key components of sexuality–penis and vagina–in the psychoanalytic construct of the mental universe. See Eroticism, Sex, Sexuality.