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sexual

sex·u·al [ sékshoo əl, séksh'l ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. of sex: relating to sex, sexuality, or the sexual organs
a sexual disease

2. relating to either sex: relating to the two sexes or to either of them
sexual differences

3. biology involving reproductive union: relating to the union of male and female gametes in reproduction

[Mid-17th century. < late Latin sexualis< Latin sexus "sex"]

sex·u·al·ly adverb
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