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Orgy
Orgy Vernacular term for sexual sharing of partners at a party, either in pairs, or as a group.
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Sexual
Pertaining to sex or, more particularly, the stimulation, responsiveness, and functions of the sex organs either alone or with one or more partners.
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Ontogeny
In biology, the developmental history of the life span of a single individual or organism, as compared with phylogeny, which is the developmental history of all members of the species.
Opioid
A peptide, naturally occurring in the brain and elsewhere in the body, the effect of which resembles that of opium or a morphine-like synthetic opiate.
Opponent-process theory
A theory proposed by Richard Solomon (1973, 1980) to augment traditional stimulus-response learning theory, according to which powerful aversion or attraction to a particular activity or experience undergoes reversal, as for example, pain reversing into pleasure, tragedy into triumph, terror into euphoria, or the proscribed into the prescribed. Opponent-process theory explains addictions to opioids, alcohol, other drugs, and to the positive and negative affective states of love, fear and anxiety, and behaviors such as exercise and combat of a war or sporting event. The theory explains, in part, the development of the paraphilias and sexuoerotic participation in sadomasochism.
Orchidectomy
Surgical opening of the scrotum and removal of the testicles for testicular cancer, or to remove the major source of testosterone for prostate cancer therapy, or in relatively ineffective attempts of castration to control the sexual behavior of adjudged "sex offenders."
Orgasmic phase
The third of four sexual phases delineated by Masters and Johnson.
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Osmolagnia
Sexuoerotic stimulation from odors.
Ovariectomy
Surgical removal of the ovaries; female castration.
Oral cholecystogram
An x-ray of the gallbladder and bile ducts. The patient takes pills containing a special dye to make the organs show up in the x-ray. Also called oral cholecystography.
Obstetrics
The branch of medicine that deals with the care of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the recuperative period following delivery.
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