Don‘t know what a word means?
Then use our glossary to find out!
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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.
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Menstruation
Another way of saying when a girl has her period.
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Midwife
A healthcare worker who looks after pregnant women and helps to deliver babies.
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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. See our Contraception page for more information.
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Mirena
A kind of coil which is a contraceptive device inserted into the womb. See our Contraception page for more information.
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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'.
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Morning After Pill
Another name for emergency pills. Taken within 5 days (or 120 hours) after unprotected sex, the morning after pill prevents pregnancy. For more information visit our Emergency Contraception page.
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Mycoplasma genitalium or MGen
An infection caught through unprotected sex that if untreated can cause pelvic inflammatory disease.
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