English Explanatory Dictionary

genital

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of or relating to biological reproduction.
Of or relating to the genitalia.
Of or relating to psychosexual development during puberty.

noun

A genital organ.

Pronunciation

/ˈd͡ʒɛnətəl/ /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪtəl/ en-us-genital.ogg

Word forms

genital genitals genitalia

Etymology

From Middle English genital, from Latin genitalis (“of or belonging to generation”), from genitus, past participle of gignō (“to beget, generate”); see genus.

Synonyms

genitals genitalia

Derived words

abdominogenital adiposogenital adrenogenital agenital androgenital anogenital bigenital circumgenital crurogenital extragenital faciodigitogenital faciogenital female genital mutilation genital cord genital cutting genitaled genital herpes genitalic genitality genitalization genitalize genitalless genitally genital mutilation genitalness genital organ genital tubercle genital wart genitorture hand-foot-genital syndrome heterogenital homogenital intergenital intragenital male genital mutilation male genital mutilator nongenital oculobuccogenital oculogenital orogenital paragenital perigenital persistent genital arousal disorder postgenital pregenital rectogenital restless genital syndrome subgenital unigenital ureterogenital urethrogenital urinogenital urogenital

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