orgasm /or·gasm/ (or´gazm) the apex and culmination of sexual excitement.orgas´mic
orgasm
orgasm [or´gazm]
orgasm
or·gasm (ôr g z  m)n. The highest point of sexual excitement, marked by strong feelings of pleasure and marked normally by ejaculation of semen by the male and by vaginal contractions within the female. Also called climax. or·gas mic (ôr-gzm k) adj. |
orgasm
[ôr′gasəm]
Etymology: Gk, orgein, to be lustful
the sexual climax, a series of strong involuntary contractions of the muscles of the genitalia, accompanied in males by ejaculation of semen, experienced as exceedingly pleasurable, set off by sexual excitation of critical intensity. orgasmic, adj.
orgasm [or´gazm]
the apex and culmination of sexual excitement.
orgasm
Climax, coming Psychiatry Sexual climax; the peak psychophysiologic response to sexual stimulation Sexology The highest point of sexual excitement, characterized by strong feelings of pleasure and marked normally by ejaculation of
semen–♂ and vaginal contractions–♀. See Arousal, Dry orgasm, Nocturnal emission.
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