coitus in os
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Or:
coitus per os , Latin for
mouth coitus,
mouth contact with the male
genitals,
fellatio. CAUTION: Oral sex between disease-free partners is not risky and although
oral sex was, until resently, considered a low risk activity for getting HIV (USA Today (Feb. 2, 2000) a recent study shows that as many as 8% of new HIV infections in
gay men result from performing
oral sex) other STDs such as
syphilis,
gonorrhea,
herpes 2 that can be transmitted orally. Since HIV may be contained in the seminal and vaginal fluids of an HIV-infected person,
protection in the form of a
latex condom with
spermicide (preferably nonoxynol-9) is recommended for
fellatio. It isn't easy for HIV to get into the bloodstream through the
mouth unless that
mouth contains
cuts, sores, or recent dental work. No cases have yet been reported of people being
infected with HIV by having
oral sex performed on them.
Synonyms:
corvus (obs.);
fellatio;
fellation;
fellatorism;
oral copulation of the
penis; penilinctus;
penilingism;
penilingus;
penosugia;
phallalingus;
virilingus. See
fellatio for synonyms.
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