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safer sex

safer sex noun: sexual activity that minimizes the risk of spreading sexually transmitted disease, especially by the use of condoms.

Noun

safer sex (uncountable)

  1. Sexual activity that minimizes the risk of spreading sexually transmitted disease, especially by the use of condoms.

Forms of safer sex

alternative formsafer-sex

Origin of safer sex

This term first appeared in print in the 1970s.

Questions about safer sex

What does safer sex mean?
Safer sex means sexual activity that minimizes the risk of spreading sexually transmitted disease, especially by the use of condoms.
What part of speech is safer sex?
Safer sex is a noun.

Words near safer sex in the dictionary

  1. safeness
  2. safenesses
  3. safening
  4. safens
  5. safer
  6. safer sex
  7. safer space
  8. safer-sex
  9. saferoom
  10. saferooms
  11. safes

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