A to Z of Word Meanings
Don't know what a word means? Then use our glossary to find out!
Masturbate
Touching or stimulating your own or someone else's genitals for sexual pleasure. Masturbation is a natural and normal way of exploring your own body. Also called wanking.
Menstruation
Another way of saying when a girl has her period.
Midwife
A healthcare worker who looks after pregnant women and helps to deliver babies.
Mini-Pill
Also known as the progestogen-only pill, it prevents pregnancy by changing a woman's mucus so sperm can't reach the egg.
Mirena
A kind of coil which is a contraceptive device inserted into the womb.
Miscarriage
When a foetus (unborn baby), comes out of a girl's womb before it is old enough to survive outside its' mother's body. Also called 'losing a baby'.
Morning After Pills
Another name for emergency pills. Taken up to 72 hours after unprotected sex the morning after pill prevents pregnancy.
Mycuplasma
An infection caught through unprotected sex that if untreated can cause pelvic inflammatory disease.
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