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sexual health

American  
[sek-shoo-uhl helth] / ˈsɛk ʃu əl ˈhɛlθ /

noun

  1. a person's physical, emotional, and social well-being in relation to sexual activity, sexual attitudes, and reproductive health.

  2. the branch of medicine or psychology concerned with sexual behavior, function, and reproductive health.


Example Sentences

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Staff drafted in from schools and sexual health clinics have been praised by NHS bosses for their "heroic efforts".

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Washington leads PrEPHer, a program that equips Black, brown, and queer women with sexual health education and access to free HIV/STI self-testing kits.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

Dr Lauren Thomas, a sexual health doctor who has been training GPs in more remote parts of the patch to fit coils and contraceptive implants said ultrasound biopsies would also be available in each county.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Dr. Paul Turek, a reproductive urologist and micro-surgeon in California who specializes in male fertility and sexual health, said he’s hearing these sorts of worries from his patients increasingly often.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

I heartily sympathize with parents and school officials who object to special lectures that suddenly focus attention on problems of sexual health.

From Sex-education A series of lectures concerning knowledge of sex in its relation to human life by Bigelow, Maurice Alpheus