Another term for sexual intercourse.
Coitus is sexual intercourse.
Coitus interruptus (see CONTRACEPTION).
(sexual intercourse, copulation) n. sexual contact between a man and a woman during which the erect penis enters the vagina and is moved within it by pelvic thrusts until *ejaculation occurs. See also orgasm. —coital adj.
A method of contraception (see contraception, withdrawal method of) in which the male partner withdraws his penis from the vagina before ejaculation occurs. Coitus interruptus is unreliable because sperm can be released before orgasm occurs, and it may cause psychosexual dysfunction in men and women.... coitus interruptus
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