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The Sex Dictionary
The Letter K
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Kallmann's syndrome: a condition characterized by pubertal failure, inactive
testicles (or ovaries), failure of the pituitary gland to secrete gonadotropic hormones,
and failure of the hypothalamus to stimulate the pituitary gland, in association with
absence of the sense of smell secondary to defective olfactory function in the brain.
Keloid: a ridge or lump of progressively enlarging scar tissue due to the
accumulation of excessive amounts of collagen during the healing of a wound. kinesis: body
movement and activity.
Kleptolagnia: sexuoerotic gratification produced by stealing [from Greek,
kleptein, to steal + lagneia, lust]. See also kleptophilia.
Kleptomania: compulsive stealing, usually of objects that have symbolic
significance but not intrinsic value to the thief [from Greek, kleptein, to steal + mania,
madness].
Kleptophilia: a paraphilia of the marauding/predatory type in which
sexuoerotic arousal and facilitation or attainment of orgasm are responsive to, and
contingent on illicitly entering and stealing from the dwelling of a stranger or potential
partner [from Greek, kleptein, to steal + philia]. A kleptophile may or may not also
forcefully demand or steal sexual intercourse. There is no technical term for the
reciprocal paraphilic condition of setting oneself up as the recipient of kleptophilic
robbery by a stranger or an acquaintance. (adjective, kleptophilic): the condition in
which a person is dependent on carrying out or fantasying the stealing of something in
order to obtain erotic arousal and facilitate or achieve orgasm. See also kleptolagnia;
kleptomania.
Klinefelter's syndrome: a condition identified by a chromosomal anomaly in
morphologic males with the pathognomonic symptoms of a small penis, small testes,
sterility, and in some cases gynecomastia. The basic genetic defect is an extra sex
chromosome with a total count of 47,XXY. Variants of the syndrome are characterized by
more than one extra X chromosome, e.g., 48,XXXY. The secondary sex characteristics are
usually weakly developed and do not respond well to treatment with male sex hormone.
Klismaphilia or klysmaphilia: a paraphilia of the fetishistic/talismanic
type in which sexuoerotic arousal and facilitation or attainment of orgasm are responsive
to and [dependent upon]{contingent on} being given an enema by the partner [from Greek,
klysma, enema + -philia] There is no technical term for the reciprocal paraphilic
condition, namely of being the enema giver. Klismaphilia may be adjunctive to rubber
fetishism or to bondage and discipline. (adjective, klismaphilic): the condition in which
a person is dependent on being given an enema, or on the restaging of it in fantasy, in
order to obtain erotic arousal and facilitate or achieve orgasm. |
