How to Use genital in a Sentence

genital

adjective
Definition of genitalnext
  • In many cases, the rash begins in the genital and anal areas.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 10 June 2022
  • This is one of the most common causes for bumps on the genital region.
    — Alyssa Jung, Good Housekeeping, 29 Aug. 2022
  • In this outbreak so far, the rashes have often been found around the genital and anal region, on the face, or on the palms of hands and soles of feet.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 23 July 2022
  • The lesions can appear first in the genital area and rectum before spreading to other parts of the body.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Here are the most common reasons for a bump on your labia or other genital parts and when to see your doctor about it.
    — Zahra Barnes, SELF, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Although genital warts can go away on their own, seeing a doctor can get rid of them faster.
    — Zahra Barnes, SELF, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Lesions may cause severe pain in the mouth, rectum or genital area.
    — Helena Oliviero, ajc, 9 Aug. 2022
  • There are not even options for bottom (genital) surgeries for adults in this state.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Take off all your clothes and look carefully at all of your skin, including the palms, soles of feet, between toes and buttocks and in the genital area.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Williams had changed her name and was recognized as female by her home state of Maryland, but had not had genital surgery.
    — Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 30 June 2023
  • For patients 15 and older, breast surgery is an option, as is genital surgery for those 18 and older.
    — Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Several recent patients have reported rashes in the genital area that did not spread to the rest of the body.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 26 May 2022
  • In four years, only 405 youths across the country received genital surgery.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The man had surgery on his genital region and had a catheter put in, investigators said.
    — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Many patients in the latest outbreak have reported a rash around the genital area.
    — Wired, 28 July 2022
  • While some molecular types of HPV can cause genital warts, the oncogenic types rarely cause any symptoms.
    — Quanta Magazine, 1 July 2021
  • Usually, lesions start in a part of the body where the person was infected — often the anal or genital areas — or sometimes on the palms and soles.
    — Devi Shastri, Journal Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Some people only had sores inside their mouth or in their anal or genital areas.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN, 27 July 2022
  • The dangerous virus can cause flu-like symptoms, swollen lymph nodes and painful, large rashes throughout the body and often around the genital area akin to pimples or blisters.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Johnson knew the victims, which court records say involved genital nudity of males under the age of 17, police said.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 15 Apr. 2021
  • The monkeypox rash with the latest outbreak typically starts with one or more lesions in the mouth or genital area.
    — Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2022
  • STIs like herpes pass via skin-to-skin contact, and since condoms do not cover the entire genital area, there is still the potential for exposure to the virus.
    — Emily L. Depasse, Allure, 27 Oct. 2022
  • In the current outbreak, some cases have caused lesions in the genital or groin area, according to health officials.
    — Jacqueline Howard and Michael Nedelman, CNN, 30 May 2022
  • The virus has not caused any deaths in the U.S.; symptoms include severe pain and visible lesions on the skin and a rash that may look like pimples or blisters that often first appears in the genital area.
    — Jonah Valdezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022
  • But many patients in the current outbreak have developed lesions only in the genital area.
    — New York Times, 23 July 2022
  • Several recent patients reported rashes in the genital area that did not spread to the rest of the body, which could make the infections less visible.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 7 June 2022
  • Not so with infection of the male genital tract, which increased in intensity, rather than decreased, between weeks one and two.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
  • But the low-risk strains can cause genital warts, while the high-risk strains can lead to cervical cancer, oral cancers, anal cancer, and rarer forms of genital cancers.
    — Claire Lampen, Men's Health, 1 May 2023
  • Having pain in the region amounts to a never-ending genital tinnitus.
    — Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Saslow: Getting vaccinated can prevent more than 90% of HPV cancers and over 90% of genital warts.
    — Megan Marples, CNN, 4 Mar. 2021

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