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homosexuality

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homosexuality
Erotic attraction or activity, including sexual congress, between individuals of the same sex, especially past puberty. SYN: homoerotism, homoeroticism.
- ego-dystonic h. a psychological or psychiatric disorder in which an individual experiences persistent distress associated with same-sex preference and a strong need to change the behavior or, at least, to alleviate the distress associated with the h.; no longer a DSM-recognized diagnosis; now included under sexual disorder, not otherwise specified.
- female h. erotic predisposition, or activity, including sexual congress, between two women past the age of puberty.
- latent h. an erotic inclination toward members of the same sex not consciously experienced or expressed in overt action, as opposed to overt h. Use of this term is disappearing because of both its potentially iatrogenic effect and the inability to validate the phenomenon by techniques outside of psychoanalytic theory. SYN: unconscious h..
- male h. erotic predisposition, or activity, including sexual congress, between two men, past the age of puberty.
- overt h. homosexual inclinations consciously experienced and expressed in actual homosexual behavior.
- unconscious h. SYN: latent h..

Medical dictionary. 2011.

  
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