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Noun: coitus  kow-i-tus or koy-tus
  1. The act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur
    "the vagina receives the penis during coitus"
    - sexual intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual relation, relation, carnal knowledge

Derived forms: coituses

See also: coital

Type of: sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice

Encyclopedia: Coitus