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sex hygiene

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noun

a branch of hygiene concerned with sex and sexual behavior as they relate to individual and community well-being.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for sex hygiene

Such limited personal instruction might suffice if sex-education were limited to sex-hygiene.
Sex-education|Maurice Alpheus Bigelow
There is a growing conviction among the students of sociology that sex-hygiene should be taught in the public schools.
Self Knowledge and Guide to Sex Instruction|T. W. Shannon
The fact is that eugenics and sex-hygiene have little in common.
Sex-education|Maurice Alpheus Bigelow
A few standard books on sex-hygiene and social purity should be put in every home.
Self Knowledge and Guide to Sex Instruction|T. W. Shannon

If we hold that sex-hygiene is important, then it must be drilled into the learner from several points of view.
Sex-education|Maurice Alpheus Bigelow

Medicine definitions for sex hygiene

sex hygiene

n.

The branch of hygiene that is concerned with healthy sexual practices.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.