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Glossary

GLOSSARY

Anus

Opening where your faces come out (poop hole)

ARM

Anorectal malformation (anal atresia)

Pelvic floor

A group of muscles that support the organs at the bottom of the abdomen and give control of your stool (urinating and defecating)

Pelvic physiotherapist

Caregiver who has patients with various physical complaints do exercises to control the group of muscles that give control over your stool

Ejaculation

Ejaculation in which semen leaves the body after orgasm

Erection

Enlarged and rigid state of the penis due to swelling (a 'hard-on')

Sexual intercourse

Inserting the rigid penis into the vagina

Caesarean section

Method of childbirth in which the mother surgically delivers her child(ren) through the abdominal wall (i.e., not the usual way; the vagina)

Libido

Feeling like having sex

Vagina

Female reproductive organ

Vaginismus

Means that a woman is unable to have sexual intercourse because the pelvic floor muscles located around the vagina are unconsciously over-tightened. As a result, the opening becomes very narrow and insertion of the penis is painful or even impossible

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