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sex·ol·o·gy

 (sĕk-sŏl′ə-jē)
n.
The study of human sexual behavior.

sex′o·log′ic (sĕk′sə-lŏj′ĭk), sex′o·log′i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.
sex·ol′o·gist n.
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sexology

(sɛkˈsɒlədʒɪ)
n
the study of sexual behaviour in human beings
sexˈologist n
sexological, sexologic adj
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sex•ol•o•gy

(sɛkˈsɒl ə dʒi)

n.
the study of sexual behavior.
[1900–05]
sex`o•log′i•cal (-səˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl) adj.
sex•ol′o•gist, n.
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sexology

the study of normal and abnormal sexual behavior. — sexologist, n. — sexological, adj.
See also: Sex
-Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
Translations
طب جنسي
sexologia
sexologi
seksologia
seksologija
性科学
seksologija
seksuologie
sexologi
seksuologia
sexologia
sexologie
sexologi
เพศศาสตร์
seksoloji
tình dục học

sexology

[sekˈsɒlədʒɪ] Nsexología f
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sexology

[sɛkˈsɒlədʒɪ] nsessuologia
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

sexology

n sexología
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She interrogates the assumptions, methods and conclusions of her own fields of sexology and psychology, challenging their assignment of sexuality to the realm of nature and to the purview of scientific study.