8 definitions found for genital

Genital GEN'ITAL, a. [L. genitalis, from the root of gigno; Gr. to beget.]
Pertaining to generation or the act of begetting.

genital adj 1: of or relating to the external sex organs; "genital herpes"; "venereal disease" [syn: genital, venereal]

genital adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin genitalis, from genitus, past participle of gignere to beget — more at kin Date: 14th century 1. generative 2. of, relating to, or being a sexual organ 3. of, relating to, or characterized by the stage of psychosexual development in psychoanalytic theory during which oral and anal impulses are subordinated to adaptive interpersonal mechanisms • genitally adverb

genital
adj. & n.
--adj. of or relating to animal reproduction.
--n. (in pl.) the external reproductive organs.
Etymology: OF génital or L genitalis f. gignere genit- beget

genital (genitals) 1. Someone's genitals are their external sexual organs. N-PLURAL 2. Genital means relating to a person's external sexual organs. Keep the genital area clean. ADJ: ADJ n

genital ˈdʒenɪtl adj. & n. --adj. of or relating to animal reproduction. --n. (in pl.) the external reproductive organs. [OF g÷nital or L genitalis f. gignere genit- beget]

Genital Gen"i*tal, a. [L. genitalis, fr. genere, gignere, to beget: cf. F. g['e]nital. See Gender.] Pertaining to generation, or to the generative organs. Genital cord (Anat.), a cord developed in the fetus by the union of portions of the Wolffian and M["u]llerian ducts and giving rise to parts of the urogenital passages in both sexes.

37 Moby Thesaurus words for "genital": abiogenetic, biogenetic, blastogenetic, cervical, clitoral, epigenetic, eumerogenetic, gametic, generative, genetic, genial, genitive, heterogenetic, histogenetic, homogenetic, isogenetic, merogenetic, metagenetic, monogenetic, orthogenetic, ovarian, pangenetic, parthenogenetic, penial, penile, phallic, phytogenetic, scrotal, seminal, spermatic, sporogenous, testicular, uterine, vaginal, vulval, vulvar, xenogenetic