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telephone scatalogia
A nonspecified paraphilia characterized by a recurrent, intense urge or fantasy to make obscene telephone calls.

tenting
The expansion of the inner two-thirds of the vagina during sexual arousal. teratogenic Causing birth defects.

testes
The small, oval sex glands of the male, located in the scrotum that produce sperm and sex hormones.

testicle
One of the two male gonads inside the scrotum. Also called testis.

testicular feminization
Outdated term for androgen-insensitivity syndrome.

testis
Another word for testicle; singular term for testes.

testosterone
The major natural androgen, it is secreted by the testes and serves to maintain secondary sex characteristics, sperm production and sex drive.

theoretical failure rate
The ideal failure rate of a contraceptive method when it is used consistently and correctly.

tit fuck
Slang term for a form of intercourse in which a man thrusts his penis between a woman’s breasts.

tits
Slang term for a woman’s breasts.

toxemia
A dangerous condition that can occur between the 20th and 24th weeks of pregnancy that is accompanied by high blood pressure and edema.

toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
A potentially life-threatening condition caused by the Staphylococcus aureus bacterium and linked to the use of superabsorbent tampons.

transition
A short period of intense and very frequent contractions at the end of the first stage of labor that completes dilation of the cervix to 10 cm to allow the infant's head to enter the birth canal.

transsexual
An individual whose individual gender identity is different from his or her anatomical sex. They thus feel trapped in the body of the wrong gender.

transvestism
Dressing in the clothing of the other gender. transvestite A person who enjoys wearing the clothes of the other gender.

triangular system
A psychoanalytic concept that posits that a male becomes a homosexual because of an intimate, controlling mother and a detached, rejecting father.

tribadism
A sexual activity in which one woman lies on top of another, often "scissoring" her legs with her partners', and moves rhythmically for mutual clitoral stimulation.

trich
Abbreviation for trichomoniasis; an inflammation of the vagina characterized by a whitish discharge, caused by the Trichomonas vaginalis parasite.

trichomoniasis
An inflammation of the vagina characterized by a whitish discharge, caused by the Trichomonas vaginalis parasite. Often abbreviated as trich.

triphasic oral contraceptives
Combination birth control pill in which the levels of estrogen and progestin are varied over the menstrual cycle to more closely match that of the fluctuations that would occur naturally

troilism
A sexual behavior in which three people engage in sexual activity together. TS Slang term for a transsexual.

TSS
Acronym for toxic shock syndrome. TV Slang term for a transvestite.

tubal ligation
A form of female sterilization that involves the cutting and/or tying off of the fallopian tubes so that ova cannot be fertilized.

tubal pregnancy
An ectopic pregnancy in which the embryo is implanted in the woman's fallopian tube.

tumescence
Swelling, such as that caused by vasocongestion.

Turner syndrome
A genetic defect wherein females are born lacking an X chromosome, resulting in the failure to develop ovaries.

Tyson's glands
Glands under the foreskin of the penis that secrete a cheesy substance called smegma.

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