sexual
adj.adj. relating to the physical relationship between people who are attracted to each other. It also describes the biological process of how living things produce babies.
adj. relating to the physical activities, feelings, or biological processes associated with sex or reproduction.
The doctor asked about my sexual health during the checkup.
Many animals use bright colors or complex songs to attract a sexual partner during the mating season.
The study examines how sexual reproduction allows for greater genetic diversity within a population compared to asexual methods of propagation.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séksusder. Proto-Italic *seksus Latin sexus Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual From Latin sexuālis, from sexus (“sex”), equivalent to sex + -ual.
Typically used as an attributive adjective before a noun.