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sodomy

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sodomy /sod·o·my/ (sod´ah-me)
1. anal intercourse.
2. old term for any form of homosexuality, or sometimes any of numerous paraphilias.
sod·om·y (sd-m)
n.
1. Anal copulation of one male with another.
2. Anal or oral copulation with a member of the opposite sex.
3. Copulation with an animal.
sodom·ite (-mt) n.
sodom·ize (-mz) v.
sodomy
[sod′əmē]
Etymology: Sodom, biblical city in ancient Palestine
1 anal intercourse.
2 intercourse with an animal.
3 a vague term for "unnatural" sexual intercourse. -sodomize, v.
Anal Intercourse
Insertion of an erect penis per anus in a fashion analogous to that of vaginal intercourse
sodomy [sod´ah-me]
1. anal intercourse.
2. old term for any form of homosexuality; sometimes extended to mean any of numerous paraphilias.
sodomy
Sexology 1 Anal intercourse, see there, buggery 2. A term variously applied to zoophilia, to orogenital or anogenital contact between humans, especially ♂. Cf Paraphilia.
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