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Onanism Oh Nuh Niz Uhm Noun Masturbation Withdrawal Penis Sexual Intercourse

Onanism refers to masturbation or to the method of sexual withdrawal of the penis from the vagina before ejaculation occurs.

El onanismo se refiere a la masturbación o al método de abstinencia sexual de retirar el pene de la vagina antes de la eyaculación.

Back onanism /oh-NUH-niz-uhm/
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noun
1. Masturbation.
2. Withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.

[1720–30;  after Onan,  son of Judah (Gen. 38:9); see -ism]

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