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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 intercourseplay

  Familiarity information: ORGASM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ORGASM (noun)


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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