Behavior
sex behavior
sex be·hav·ior [ seks bih-heyv-yer ]
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Behavior
Definitions related to sex behavior:
  • Behaviors involved with sexual arousal and/or intercourse.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Totality of normal and abnormal, conscious and unconscious, overt and covert sensations, thoughts, feelings, and actions related to sexual organs and other erotogenic zones, including goals and techniques.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (sexual behavior) Sexual activities of humans.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Human sexual activity, any activity--solitary, between two persons, or in a group--that induces sexual arousal. There are two major determinants of human sexual activity: the inherited sexual response patterns that have evolved as a means of ensuring reproduction and that are a part of each...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2025
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