genital

adjective

1. of, relating to, or noting reproduction.
2. of or relating to the sexual organs.
3. Psychoanalysis.
   1. of or relating to the genital phase of psychosexual development.
   2. of or relating to the centering of sexual impulses and excitation on the genitalia.

plural noun

1. genitalia.

adjective

1. of or relating to the sexual organs or to reproduction
2. psychoanal relating to the mature stage of psychosexual development in which an affectionate relationship with one’s sex partner is establishedCompare anal (def. 2), oral (def. 7), phallic (def. 2)

pl n

1. the sexual organs; the testicles and penis of a male or the labia, clitoris, and vagina of a femaleRelated adjective: venereal

adj.

late 14c., in membres genytal “the genitals,” from Latin genitalis “pertaining to generation or birth” (also a by-name of the goddess Diana), from genitus, past participle of gignere “to beget” (see genus). As a noun meaning “sex organ” from mid-15c.

n.

“reproductive organs,” late 14c., from genital (adj.).

adj.

1. Of or relating to biological reproduction.
2. Of or relating to the genitalia.
3. Of or relating to the stage of psychosexual development in psychoanalytic theory beginning in puberty and during which the genitals become the focus of sexual gratification.

n.

1. A reproductive organ, especially one of the external sex organs.

pl.n.

1. Genitalia.

1. The organs of reproduction in animals, especially the external sex organs.

The organs involved in reproduction. (See reproductive systems.)