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Coitus interruptus

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Sexual intercourse interrupted by withdrawal of the penis before ejaculation. uncountable

    "Yet in the event, population continued to grow – even though signs began to appear that coitus interruptus was beginning to be used systematically to reduce family size."

  2. 2
    a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation wordnet

Etymology

From Latin coitus (“sexual intercourse”) + interruptus (“interrupted, cut short”), the perfect passive participle of interrumpo (“to interrupt, to cut short”).

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