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Descriptor English: Coitus
Descriptor Spanish: Coito
Descriptor coito
Entry term(s) acto sexual
relación sexual
Scope note: Unión sexual entre un hombre y una mujer, término que sólo se utiliza en relación con la especie humana.
Descriptor Portuguese: Coito
Descriptor French: Coït
Entry term(s): Coital Frequencies
Coital Frequency
First Intercourse
First Intercourses
Frequencies, Coital
Frequency, Coital
Intercourse, First
Intercourse, Sexual
Intercourses, First
Sexual Intercourse
Tree number(s): F01.145.802.188
G08.686.784.041
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003075
Scope note: The sexual union of a male and a female, a term used for human only.
Annotation: human only: animal = COPULATION; for anal or oral sex index under SEX BEHAVIOR
Allowable Qualifiers: PH physiology
PX psychology
DeCS ID: 3106
Unique ID: D003075
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/17
Coitus - Preferred
Concept UI M0004728
Scope note The sexual union of a male and a female, a term used for human only.
Preferred term Coitus
Entry term(s) Intercourse, Sexual
Sexual Intercourse
First Intercourse - Narrower
Concept UI M0004729
Preferred term First Intercourse
Entry term(s) First Intercourses
Intercourse, First
Intercourses, First
Coital Frequency - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0004727
Preferred term Coital Frequency
Entry term(s) Coital Frequencies
Frequencies, Coital
Frequency, Coital



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