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ORGASM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does orgasm mean?
• ORGASM (noun)
The noun ORGASM has 1 sense:
1. the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
Familiarity information: ORGASM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
climax; coming; orgasm; sexual climax
Hypernyms ("orgasm" is a kind of...):
consummation (the act of bringing to completion or fruition)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "orgasm"):
male orgasm (an orgasm accompanied by the sensation of ejaculation of semen)
Context examples
A change in the ability to obtain orgasm or in the quality of the orgasmic sensation.
(Abnormal Orgasm, NCI Thesaurus)
A disorder characterized by an inability to achieve orgasm.
(Anorgasmia, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
Inability to achieve orgasm.
(Anorgasmia, NCI Thesaurus)
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