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Definition of Condom

1. Noun. Contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse.

Definition of Condom

1. Noun. A flexible sleeve made of latex or other impermeable material such as sheepskin, worn over the penis by males as means of a contraceptive or as a way to prevent the spread of STDs. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Condom

1. a prophylactic [n -S] - See also: prophylactic

Medical Definition of Condom

1. A latex (rubber) sleeve that fits snugly over the penis and is used to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections such as AIDS, hepatitis and chlamydia. Compare: female condom (04 Jul 1999)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Condom

Literary usage of Condom

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

1. Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion & Disease Prevention by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"Although there is no absolute guarantee that using a condom will prevent people from ... Instructions in correct condom use can be obtained from condoms and ..."

2. Public Attitudes in Contemporary South Africa: Insights from an Hsrc Survey by Human Sciences Research Council (2002)
"Regardless, when disaggregated by subgroup, the chi-squared test reveals significant differences in number of partners and condom usage and indicates which ..."

3. Maintaining Budgetary Discipline: Spending and Revenue Options edited by Sherry Snyder (1999)
"During the past months, when you had vaginal sex with someone who you were not in an on-going relationship with, how often was a condom used? ..."

4. Bossuet and His Contemporaries by H. L. Sidney Lear (1874)
"On his first nomination to condom, Bossuet had resigned all his offices at Metz, and all he possessed now was the Priory of Plessis and the Doyenne' of ..."

5. The Health Gap: Beyond Pregnancy and Reproduction by Jennifer Kitts, Janet Hatcher Roberts (1996)
"A woman may have difficulty justifying condom usage for anal sex because ... Although a woman can also explain that a condom is necessary to protect against ..."

6. The Health of Our Educators: A Focus on HIV/AIDS in South African Public ...by Olive Shisana by Olive Shisana (2005)
"For example, Maharaj (2004) found in KwaZulu-Natal that condom use is much higher among urban, more educated individuals than among their ..."

7. Old Paris: Its Court and Literary Salons by Catherine Charlotte Jackson (1880)
"He was, however, rewarded with the bishopric of condom, though the oration was not published, nor at that time had any of his sermons been printed. ..."

8. A Typographical Gazetteer by Henry Cotton (1831)
"condomium, condom, a considerable town of France, in Gas- cony, capital of an Arrondissement, and formerly ... (The celebrated Bossuet was bishop of condom. ..."

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