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Sexual medicine

Index Sexual medicine

Sexual medicine is a medical specialty that deals with sexual health. [1]

22 relations: Amputation, Birth defect, Circumcision, Dyspareunia, Erectile dysfunction, Genetics, Genital modification and mutilation, Hermaphrodite, HIV, Honor killing, Injury, Libido, List of bacterial vaginosis microbiota, Medical history, Pathology, Psyche (psychology), Reproductive health, Reproductive medicine, Sexology, Sexual function, Sexually transmitted infection, Urology.

Amputation

Amputation is the removal of a limb by trauma, medical illness, or surgery.

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Birth defect

A birth defect, also known as a congenital disorder, is a condition present at birth regardless of its cause.

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Circumcision

Male circumcision is the removal of the foreskin from the human penis.

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Dyspareunia

Dyspareunia is painful sexual intercourse due to medical or psychological causes.

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Erectile dysfunction

Erectile dysfunction (ED), also known as impotence, is a type of sexual dysfunction characterized by the inability to develop or maintain an erection of the penis during sexual activity.

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Genetics

Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in living organisms.

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Genital modification and mutilation

The terms genital modification and genital mutilation can refer to permanent or temporary changes to human sex organs.

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Hermaphrodite

In biology, a hermaphrodite is an organism that has complete or partial reproductive organs and produces gametes normally associated with both male and female sexes.

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HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus (a subgroup of retrovirus) that causes HIV infection and over time acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

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Honor killing

An honor killing or shame killing is the murder of a member of a family, due to the perpetrators' belief that the victim has brought shame or dishonor upon the family, or has violated the principles of a community or a religion, usually for reasons such as refusing to enter an arranged marriage, being in a relationship that is disapproved by their family, having sex outside marriage, becoming the victim of rape, dressing in ways which are deemed inappropriate, engaging in non-heterosexual relations or renouncing a faith.

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Injury

Injury, also known as physical trauma, is damage to the body caused by external force.

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Libido

Libido, colloquially known as sex drive, is a person's overall sexual drive or desire for sexual activity.

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List of bacterial vaginosis microbiota

Bacterial vaginosis is caused by an imbalance of the naturally occurring bacteria in the vagina.

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Medical history

The medical history or case history of a patient is information gained by a physician by asking specific questions, either of the patient or of other people who know the person and can give suitable information, with the aim of obtaining information useful in formulating a diagnosis and providing medical care to the patient.

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Pathology

Pathology (from the Ancient Greek roots of pathos (πάθος), meaning "experience" or "suffering" and -logia (-λογία), "study of") is a significant field in modern medical diagnosis and medical research, concerned mainly with the causal study of disease, whether caused by pathogens or non-infectious physiological disorder.

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Psyche (psychology)

In psychology, the psyche is the totality of the human mind, conscious and unconscious.

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Reproductive health

Within the framework of the World Health Organization's (WHO) definition of health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, reproductive health, or sexual health/hygiene, addresses the reproductive processes, functions and system at all stages of life.

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Reproductive medicine

Reproductive medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with prevention, diagnosis and management of reproductive problems; goals include improving or maintaining reproductive health and allowing people to have children at a time of their choosing.

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Sexology

Sexology is the scientific study of human sexuality, including human sexual interests, behaviors and functions.

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Sexual function

Sexual function is how the body reacts in different stages of the sexual response cycle, or as a result of sexual dysfunction.

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Sexually transmitted infection

Sexually transmitted infections (STI), also referred to as sexually transmitted diseases (STD) or venereal diseases (VD), are infections that are commonly spread by sexual activity, especially vaginal intercourse, anal sex and oral sex.

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Urology

Urology (from Greek οὖρον ouron "urine" and -λογία -logia "study of"), also known as genitourinary surgery, is the branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases of the male and female urinary-tract system and the male reproductive organs.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_medicine

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