coitus
/ˈkəʊɪtəs
/noun [mass noun] formal
Sexual intercourse.When interpreting the available data he speculates that many people in the U.S. engage in extramarital coitus despite their belief that this behavior is not morally acceptable....
- Only 6.4% of the coitally experienced male adolescents reported that they had ever used a condom for coitus.
- In fact, initiation and frequency of coitus are often the only aspects of sexual behavior that are measured.
Derivatives
coital
/ adjective ...- This rapid ejaculation brings coital activity to an abrupt end and interferes with the sexual satisfaction of both the man and his partner.
- One should also note that the most consistent predictor of coital sex is precoital sex.
- Condom use was expressed as a proportion defined on the basis of two items: the total number of coital events and the number of coital events in which a condom was used.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Latin, from coire 'go together' (see coition).