[Dictionary Definitions]:

• homosexual (hō-mō-sek′šū-äl), a. [Gr. ὁμός, the same + L. sexus + -al¹.] 1. Of or pertaining to the same sex or to individuals of the same sex.—2. Relating to homosexuality; [e.g.]: ”In one of our cases, homosexual impulses were a feature of degeneracy“. (Med. Record, June 13, 1903, p. 925). ~ (pp. 596-597, “The Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedia”; Vol. XI.; editor-in-chief Benjamin E. Smith, ᴀᴍ, ʟʜᴅ; ©1909).

• Homosexual (ho-mo-seks′u-al). Directed toward a person of the same sex.

• Homosexuality (ho-mo-seks-u-al′it-e) [Gr. ὁμός same + sexuality]. Sexual perversion toward those of the same sex. ~ (page 435, The American Illustrated Medical Dictionary; 7th ed.; senior author, Dr. W. A. Newman Dorland; editor-in-chief: Ryland W. Green, ᴀʙ; ©1913).

• Homosexual′ity. Sexual perversion toward those of same sex. ~ (page 214, “American Pocket Medical Dictionary”; 1st ed.; senior author, Dr. W. A. Newman Dorland; editor-in-chief Ryland W. Green, ᴀʙ; ©1898).

• Homosexuality (ho-mo-sex-u-al′it-e) [Gr. ὁμός same + sexuality. Sexual perversion toward those of the same sex. ~ (page 303, The American Illustrated Medical Dictionary; senior author, Dr. W. A. Newman Dorland; editor-in-chief: Ryland W. Green, ᴀʙ; ©1900).

• Homosexuality (ho-mo-sex-u-al′it-e) [Gr. ὁμός same + sexuality]. Sexual perversion toward those of the same sex. ~ (page 336, The American Illustrated Medical Dictionary; 4th ed.; senior author, Dr. W. A. Newman Dorland; editor-in-chief: Ryland W. Green, ᴀʙ; ©1906).

• Homosexuality (ho-mo-seks-u-al′it-e) [Gr. ὁμός same + sexuality]. Sexual perversion toward those of the same sex.

• Homosexual (ho-mo-seks′u-al). Directed toward a person of the same sex. ~ (page 445, The American Illustrated Medical Dictionary; 8th ed.; senior author, Dr. W. A. Newman Dorland; editor-in-chief: Ryland W. Green, ᴀʙ; ©1915).

• homosexual (hō-mō-sek′šū-äl), a. [Greek ὁμός, ‘the same’ + Latin sexus, ‘sex’ + -al¹.] 1. Of or pertaining to the same sex or to individuals of the same sex.—2. Relating to homosexuality[‡]. “In one of our [neurofibromatosis] cases, homosexual impulses were a feature of degeneracy”. (Medical Record, Vol. 63, No. 24, June 13, 1903, p. 925). ~ (pp. 596-597, “The Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedia”; Vol. XI.; editor-in-chief Benjamin E. Smith, ᴀᴍ, ʟʜᴅ; ©1909).

[‡]homosexuality (hō′′mō-sek-šū-al′ï-ti), n. [homosexual + -ity.] Perverted sexual desire for one of the same sex. (Charles H. Hughes, Ed., in “Alienist and Neurologist”, Feb., 1903, p. 74). ~ (page 597, “The Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedia”; Vol. XI.; editor-in-chief Benjamin E. Smith, ᴀᴍ, ʟʜᴅ; ©1909).

[Dictionary Definitions]:

• heterosexual (het′′ë-rō-sek′šū-äl), a. [Greek ἕτερος, ‘other’ + Latin sexus, ‘sex’ + -al¹.] Relating to the opposite sex. (Buck, Med. Handbook, V. 134).~ (page 585 The Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedia; Vol. XI.; editor-in-chief Benjamin E. Smith, ᴀᴍ, ʟʜᴅ; ©1909).

• heterosexual (adj.): 1. of, pertaining to, or exhibiting heterosexuality; 2. *pertaining to the opposite sex* or to both sexes; (n.): 3. a heterosexual person. [1890-95]. [emphasis added]. ~ (Webster’s College Dictionary; ©2005 Random House, Inc).

• Heterosexual (het′′er-o-seks′u-al). Pertaining to the opposite sex. ~ (page 430, The American Illustrated Medical Dictionary; 7th ed.; senior author, Dr. W. A. Newman Dorland; editor-in-chief Ryland W. Green, ᴀʙ; ©1913).

• heterosexual (het·ero·sex·u·al) (het″ər-o-sek′shoo-al): 1. *pertaining to the opposite sex*; directed toward a person of the opposite sex, as opposed to homosexual. 2. one who is sexually attracted to persons of the opposite sex. [emphasis added].

• het″er-o-sex′u-al, a. Pertaining to the other sex. ~ (page 1153, Funk & Wagnalls “New Standard Dictionary of the English Language”; Dr. Isaac K. Funk, ᴅᴅ, ʟʟᴅ, Editor-in-Chief; Vol II. Divi to Lyw; The Standard Literature Co., Ltd., Calcutta; © September 1913, 1919, 1920, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1929 by Funk and Wagnalls Company, New York; Printed in the United States).

• Heterosexual (he:tĕrose·ksiuăl), a. [See Hetero- and Sexual]. Pertaining to or characterised by the normal relation of the sexes: opp. to homosexual. Also as substantive, a heterosexual person. Hence Heterosexuality. (Sometimes *misapplied*, as in quot. 1901). 1901 Dorland Med. Dict. (ed. 2), Heterosexuality, abnormal or perverted sexual appetite toward the opposite sex. a. 1909 Buck’s Handbk. Med. Sci. V. 134 (Cent. Dict. Suppl.) Heterosexual. 1920 tr. Freud’s Coll. Papers (1924) II. 207. To convert a fully developed homosexual into a heterosexual. 1927 Scots Observer ɪ Oct 15/3 A certain proportion of people...are as instinctively homosexual as the normal individual is heterosexual. [coloured & italicised emphasis added]. ~ (page 460, “A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Introduction, Supplement, and Bibliography”; Co-Editors: Prof. William A. Craigie (1867-1957) & Dr. Charles T. Onions (1873-1965); 1933 Oxford: Clarendon Press.).

• Heterosexual (het′′er-o-seks′u-al). Pertaining to the opposite sex.

• Heterosexuality (het′′er-o-sex-u-al′it-e). Abnormal or perverted appetite toward the opposite sex.~ (page 300, The American Illustrated Medical Dictionary; 1st ed.; senior author, Dr. W. A. Newman Dorland; editor-in-chief Ryland W. Green, ᴀʙ; ©1900). [emphasis added].

• Heterosexuality (het′′er-o-seks-u-al′it-e). Love or sexual desire toward persons of the opposite sex. ~ (page 440, The American Illustrated Medical Dictionary; 8th ed.; senior author, Dr. W. A. Newman Dorland; editor-in-chief: Ryland W. Green, ᴀʙ; ©1915). [emphasis added].

• Heterosexuality (het′′er-o-seks-u-al′it-e). Abnormal or perverted appetite toward the opposite sex. ~ (page 430, The American Illustrated Medical Dictionary; 7th ed.; senior author, Dr. W. A. Newman Dorland; editor-in-chief: Ryland W. Green, ᴀʙ; ©1913).

• Heterosexuality (het′′er-o-seks-u-al′it-e). Love or sexual desire toward persons of the opposite sex.

• Heterosexual (het′′er-o-seks′u-al). Pertaining to the opposite sex. ~ (page 440, The American Illustrated Medical Dictionary; 8th ed.; senior author, Dr. W. A. Newman Dorland; editor-in-chief: Ryland W. Green, ᴀʙ; ©1915).

• heterosexual (het′′ë-rō-sek′šū-äl), a. [Greek ἕ τερος, ‘other’ + Latin sexus, ‘sex’ + -al¹.] Relating to the opposite sex. (Buck, Med. Handbook, V. 134) [emphasis added]. ~ (page 585, “The Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedia”; Vol. XI.; editor-in-chief Benjamin E. Smith, ᴀᴍ, ʟʜᴅ; ©1909).

• Heterosexuality (het′′er-o-seks-u-al′it-e). Love or sexual desire toward persons of the opposite sex. ~ (page 440, The American Illustrated Medical Dictionary; 8th ed.; senior author, Dr. W. A. Newman Dorland; editor-in-chief: Ryland W. Green, ᴀʙ; ©1915).

• heterosexual (adj.): *1892, in C. G. Craddock’s translation of Krafft-Ebbing’s “Psychopathia Sexualis”*, a hybrid {i.e., Greek + Latin}; from hetero-, ‘other’, ‘different’ + sexual, ‘of or pertaining to the fact of being male or female’. The noun is recorded from 1920, but not in common use until 1960s. Colloquial shortening hetero is attested from 1933. [curly-bracketed insert added]. [emphasis added]. ~ (Online Etymology Dictionary).

• heterosexuality (n.; pl. heterosexualities): the quality or state of being heterosexual. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary).

[www.merriam-webster.com/medical/heterosexuality].

homophobia (n.): unreasoning fear of or antipathy toward homosexuals and homosexuality; (n.): homophobe; (adj.): homophobic. [1955-60; homo (sexual) + -phobia]. ~ (Webster’s College Dictionary).

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