n.
- The peak of sexual excitement, characterized by strong feelings of pleasure and by a series of involuntary contractions of the muscles of the genitals, usually accompanied by the ejaculation of semen by the male. Also called climax.
- A similar point of intensity of emotional excitement.
To experience an orgasm.
[French orgasme or New Latin orgasmus, both from Greek orgasmos, from orgān, to swell up, be excited.]
orgasmic or·gas'mic (ôr-găz'mĭk) or or·gas'tic (-tĭk) adj.orgasmically or·gas'mi·cal·ly or or·gas'ti·cal·ly adv.
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