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The Complete Dictionary of Sexology
The Complete Dictionary of Sexology
Robert T. Francoeur, Editor-in-Chief.
Published by Continuum, 1995.
This is a 6" by 9" paperback book running to 790 pages, plus a brief preface, acknowledgments, and a seven page introduction.
It's a dictionary of words having to do with sex. The words are sometimes scientific and technical, and sometimes more common. (The editors excluded various types of slang words, a decision which kept the book to a reasonable-sized single volume.)
Definitions range in length from brief sentences (or a few synonyms) to full paragraphs or sometimes longer; typically a page has a half-dozen to a dozen definitions on it. Definitions usually end with a few see also references and in some cases an item or two for further reading.
For an idea of what's in here, here is the full list of entries in the "J" sequence (one of the smaller sequences):
- Jacquemier's sign
- janiceps
- Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction
- jealousy, sexual
- Jennifer fever
- Jobst breast support
- Jocasta complex
- jock itch
- Jorgensen, Christine
- Jung, Carl
- jus primae noctis (L.) See droit du seigneur.
- juvenile
- juvenile paresis
- juvenilism, paraphilic
Intriguing words, no?
This is quite a useful book, appropriate for research or reading aloud with a friend.
