genital
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or noting reproduction.
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of or relating to the sexual organs.
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Psychoanalysis.
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of or relating to the genital phase of psychosexual development.
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of or relating to the centering of sexual impulses and excitation on the genitalia.
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adjective
Other Word Forms
- postgenital adjective
- pregenital adjective
- subgenital adjective
Etymology
Origin of genital
1350–1400; Middle English < Old French < Latin genitālis of birth, equivalent to genit ( us ), past participle of gignere to beget + -ālis -al 1
Example Sentences
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So, the court's guidelines will also help decide whether women can be denied entry into Parsi temples and Muslim mosques, whether religious leaders can excommunicate people and the legality of female genital mutilation.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
Halfway through college, Russell spent two months in Tanzania assisting a nonprofit that taught female genital mutilation survivors how to make clothes to support themselves.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026
The Gambia's Supreme Court began hearing a case this week brought by religious traditionalists who are hoping to topple the country's poorly enforced ban on female genital mutilation.
From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025
Dimie Ogoina, a clinician at Niger Delta University in Nigeria, was the first to see mpox patients with genital lesions 7 years ago.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 19, 2024
What evolutionary benefit does a microbe derive from making us sick in bizarre ways, like giving us genital sores or diarrhea?
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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