Sexual Characteristics, Secondary: From 1 Different Sources
Physical features appearing at puberty that indicate the onset of adult reproductive life.
In girls, breast enlargement is the first sign.
Shortly afterwards, pubic and underarm hair appears, and body fat increases around the hips, stomach, and thighs to produce the female body shape.
In boys, the first sign is enlargement of the testes, followed by thinning of the scrotal skin and enlargement of the penis.
Pubic, facial, axillary, and other body hair appears, the voice deepens, and muscle bulk and bone size increase.
Measures that identify and treat asymptomatic persons who have already developed risk factors or preclinical disease, but in whom the condition is not clinically apparent. These activities are focused on early case-finding of asymptomatic disease that occurs commonly and has significant risk for negative outcome without treatment.... secondary prevention
Specialist care provided on an ambulatory or inpatient basis, usually following a referral from primary care.... secondary care
See CHILD ABUSE.... sexual abuse
Any type of pleasurable sexual practice which society regards as abnormal. Deviation may be related to the activity, such as EXHIBITIONISM or sadomasochistic sex (see SADISM; MASOCHISM); or to the sexual object, for example, shoes or clothes (fetishism). Di?erent cultures have di?erent values, and treatment is probably not required unless the deviation is antisocial or harmful to the participant(s). Aversion therapy, or the conditioning of a person’s behaviour, may help if treatment is considered necessary.... sexual deviation
The physical characteristics that develop during PUBERTY as the body matures sexually. Girls’ breasts and genitals increase in size, and, like boys, they grow pubic hair. Boys also grow facial hair, their voice breaks and their genitals grow to adult size.... secondary sexual characteristics
A measure of the occurrence of a contagious disease among known (or presumed) susceptible persons following exposure to a primary case.... secondary attack
A cancer that originally started somewhere else in the body, but is now growing at another site. A metastasis.... secondary cancer
This type of analysis utilizes existing data sources either through synthesis or integration; meta-analysis is an example of secondary data analysis.... secondary data analysis
A form of sexual behaviour, most common in men, in which intercourse between adults is not the final aim. Forms of sexual deviation include exhibitionism, fetishism, paedophilia, and transvestism.... deviation, sexual
The process of producing offspring by the fusion of 2 cells from different individuals; this is achieved in humans by the fusion of 1 sperm and 1 ovum. This fusion (fertilization) is achieved by sexual intercourse or artificial insemination.... reproduction, sexual
A term applied to a disease or disorder that results from or follows another disease (the primary disease). It also refers to a malignant tumour that has spread from a primary cancer elsewhere in the body (see metastasis).... secondary
Lack of sexual desire or of the ability to become physically aroused during sexual activity.... sexual desire, inhibited
A term sometimes used to describe a variety of sexual activities, but which specifically refers to the insertion of the penis into the vagina.... sexual intercourse
Any difficulty associated with sexual performance or behaviour. Sexual problems are often psychological in origin (see psychosexual dysfunction). Sex therapy may help such problems. Some sexual problems are due to physical disease, such as a disorder affecting blood flow or a hormonal dysfunction. A disorder of the genitals may result in pain during intercourse (see intercourse, painful). Such problems are addressed by treating the cause, where possible.... sexual problems
(DSDs) see intersex.... differences of sexual development
(DSDs) see intersex.... disorders of sexual development
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