proceptive phase
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proceptive phase
The initial phase in mating of reciprocal signalling and responding to attraction and solicitation, in a ritual of courtship before the acceptive and copulatory phases.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
proceptive phase
Sexology The initial phase of reciprocal signaling and responding to attraction and solicitation, in a ritual of courtship before the acceptive/copulatory phase. See Acceptive phase, Conceptive phase.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.