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Sex Dictionary
The Letter N
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Narcissism: self-love, or self-centeredness. narratophilia: a paraphilia of
the solicitational/allurative type in which sexuoerotic arousal and facilitation or
attainment of orgasm are responsive to, and contingent on using words and telling stories
commonly classified as dirty, pornographic or obscene, in the presence of the sexual
partner [from Latin, narrare, to narrate + -philia] The same term is used for the
reciprocal paraphilic condition, namely of being dependent on reading or listening to such
material for sexuoerotic arousal. See also pictophilia.
Narratophilic): the condition of being responsive to, or dependent on
reading or listening to erotic narratives in order to obtain erotic arousal and
facilitate or achieve orgasm.
Narratophilia nativistic: native to the organism; the converse of acquired
or culturally induced. See also culturistic.
Natal sex: the sex of a baby at birth.
Native lovemap: by analogy with native language, the lovemap that is
assimilated as one's own personal, inalienable possession, regardless of how many of its
attributes are shared, or not shared by others. See also lovemap.
Natural law: according to theological doctrine, divine law as revealed in
nature. The doctrine of natural sexual law is that the divine purpose is procreation, and
that sexual passion is sinful and immoral.
Necrophilia: a paraphilia of the stigmatic/eligibilic type in which
sexuoerotic arousal and facilitation or attainment of orgasm are responsive to, and
[dependent upon]{contingent on} not a live partner, but a corpse [from Greek, nekros, dead
+ -philia]. There is no reciprocal paraphilic condition except in the make-believe of
being dead and copulating in a coffin in preparation for burial--for which there is no
technical term. [Sara Bernhardt? GFP];
Necrophilia (adjective, necrophilic): the condition of being responsive to
or dependent on sexual activity with a cadaver in order to obtain erotic arousal and
facilitate or achieve orgasm. In necrophilia, there is an obsession with death, not as
there is in sexual homicide with killing.
Neocortex: the outermost layer or cortex of the brain, which in the
evolutionary sense is new and is most highly developed in humans. It is contrasted with
the paleocortex (the old cortex or limbic system) that it encapsulates. See also cortex.
Nepiophilia: a paraphilia of the stigmatic/eligibilic type like pedophilia
except that the age range is restricted to infancy [from Greek, nepon, infant + -philia].
The reciprocal paraphilic condition is autonepiophilia, or paraphilic infantilism,
impersonating a baby. The parallel paraphilias are ephebophilia, and gerontophilia, as
well as pedophilia.
Neuroanatomy: the branch of neurology and anatomy that is concerned with
nerve cells and the nervous system, including the brain. sometimes hallucinatory. It is
incorrectly used as a synonym for suspicious.
Neuropeptide: a class of biochemical substances, related to peptide
hormones, that are active in the brain and nervous system, for example, as
neurotransmitters. See also peptide hormones; neurotransmitter; endorphins.
Neurotransmitter: one of many different body chemicals released by brain and
nerve cells, that carry messages from cell to cell across neuronal junctions.
Nocturnal penile tumescence (NPT): spontaneous erection of the penis during
sleep occuring from birth to advanced old age, typically in three episodes a night for a
total of 2-3 hours. It is associated with the REM (rapid eye movement) phase of sleep and
with erotosexual dreams. It is measured by harnessing the penis into an expandable ring.
Less is known about the corresponding phenomenon in females as there is no fully
satisfactory technique for measuring vasocongestion of the female genitals.
Normo-: a prefix meaning in conformity with a set of standards [from Latin,
norma, a carpenter's square, rule, pattern].
Normophilia (adjective, normophilic): a condition of being erotosexually in
conformity with the standard as-dictated by customary, religious, or legal authority [from
Latin, normo-, + -philia]. See also paraphilia.
Normophiliac: a person who manifests a normophilia. Synonym, normophile.
Nosocomial: belonging to or associated with a hospital, clinic, or other
location of the practice of any branch of medicine, surgery, radiology, psychiatry, or
pediatrics.
Nosology: the branch of medical science which deal with the systematic
classification of diseases; 2. a scientific or theroretical system for classification of
disease; 3. the characteristics of a particular disease as in a description of its
syndrome [Greek" nosos - disease].
Nymph: in Greek and Roman mythology, one of the minor nature goddesses
personified as a beautiful maiden of river, mountain or woodland habitat.
Nymphomania: the compulsive condition in a female of recurrent sexual
intercourse with different male partners, promiscuously and without falling in love, but
not as a paid prostitute or call girl. In psychiatry, a term, loosely applied to females
believed to have an insatiable sexual appetite. Antonym, satyriasis; Don Juanism.
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