Definition of Safe sex

1. Noun. Sexual activity (especially sexual intercourse) with the use of measures (such as latex condoms) to avoid the transmission of disease (especially AIDS).


Definition of Safe sex

1. Noun. Sexual activity engaged in by people who have taken precautions to protect themselves against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Safe sex

1. Sexual practices that limit the risk of transmitting or acquiring an infectious disease via exchanges of semen, blood, and other bodily fluids, e.g., use of a condom, mutual masturbation, and avoidance of anal intercourse. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Safe Sex

safe as houses
safe conduct
safe harbor
safe harbors
safe haven
safe havens
safe house
safe houses
safe in the knowledge
safe mode
safe pair of hands
safe period
safe room
safe seat
safe seats
safebox
safeboxes
safebreaker
safebreakers
safebreaking
safebreakings
safecracker
safecrackers
safecracking
safecrackings
safed
safeguard
safeguarded
safeguarder

Literary usage of Safe sex

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. AIDS, Poverty, and Hunger: Challenges and Responses by Stuart Gillespie (2006)
"Women prostitutes have a professional interest in safe sex and are in a far stronger position to insist on safe sex practices as a condition of service to ..."

2. Treatment of Adolescents With Substance Use Disorders: A Treatment by Ken C. Winters, Ken C. Winters, Ph.d. (2000)
"The longer term stay and increased contact make TCs a good environment for counseling and education on HIV infection, AIDS, and safe sex; the TC can make a ..."

3. The Military Commander & the Law edited by Richard A. Gittins (1998)
"In other words, merely taking "safe sex" precautions won't obviate the duty to warn. B. Current Air Force policy prohibits assignment of HIV positive ..."

4. Public Attitudes in Contemporary South Africa: Insights from an Hsrc Survey by Human Sciences Research Council (2002)
"The association between increased condom usage in high-risk groups means that some parts of a safe-sex message, for some members of society, are having an ..."

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