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Definition of "genital" []

  • Of or relating to biological reproduction. (adjective)
  • Of or relating to the genitals. (adjective)
  • Of or relating to the final stage of psychosexual development in psychoanalytic theory, beginning in puberty and during which the genitals again become the focus of gratification, and interest develops in relationships with persons of the opposite sex. The genital stage is preceded by the latency period. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "genital" in a sentence
  • "Father Ford said that the sperm starts down the brain, it goes into what he called the genital sac, and then it starts tempting."
  • "And subsequently we could identify another one – that was HPV11, which was also in genital warts and laryngeal papillomatosis."
  • "By the early 1980s they found novel viruses in genital warts."