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Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS): A viral infection that attacks the immune system of the body and causes a syndrome in which many different, harmful organisms can attack the body and cause disease. Antibiotics: Any of a class of medicines that kill infection-causing germs. Asymptomatic: Exhibiting or producing no symptoms. Bacteria: one-celled creatures that reproduce…

sexual abstinence

What Is Sexual Abstinence?

Sexual abstinence is a choice to refrain from sexual activity. This choice is usually made for a specific reason. The reason may be moral, religious, legal, or for health and safety. Everyone has a different definition of sexual abstinence. The most common meaning of sexual abstinence is not having sexual intercourse, vaginal or anal. Oral…