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A category of sexual dysfunction in which sexual desire for another person is missing or adversely affected, inhibited sexual desire.  

A term replacing the terms of impotence in men and frigidity in women. Characterized by a persistent lack of sexual arousal during sexual activity, inhibited female orgasm; inhibited sexual desire; inhibited male orgasm.  

An absence of normal sexual fantasies and desire for sexual activity that causes significant distress or difficulty in relationships. The lack of desire may be lifelong (primary), or it may appear after a period of normal sexual activity (secondary). The inhibition may apply to all forms of sexual expression with all partners, or it may…

A delay in or inability to achieve orgasm after arousal.  

A delay in or inability to achieve orgasm during sexual activity, with or with out accompanying sexual arousal, inhibited sexual excitement, inhibited male orgasm.  

A protein that may be a hormone and that may inhibit secretion of the follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH). A female hormone whose level rises as luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) levels fall. It rises in concert with progesterone. Its function in the estrus cycle is unclear. A hormone produced by the testicles. Inhibin works…

A condition or trait that is passed from parents to offspring by way of the genes or chromosomes. Passed on from a parent through the genes. Body traits and genetic makeup received as a result of genetic transmission rather than acquired.  

A physiological state that renders some people, with or without antibodies, immune to certain infections.  

The passageway from the abdominal cavity to the scrotum in the male through which the testicles descend shortly before birth or just after birth. A passage in the lower abdominal wall, carrying the spermatic cord in the male and the round ligament of the uterus in the female. Either of a pair of openings that…

A social group with which a person identifies and to which a person feels close, out-group.