intromission

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: in=tro=mis=sion

CIDE DICTIONARY

intromission, n. [Cf. F. intromission. See Intromit.].

•  The act of sending in or of putting in; insertion.  [1913 Webster]
•  The insertion of the male copulatory organ into the female in the process of coitus.  South.  [1913 Webster]

  "Four populations [of the vlei rat] varied in a number of parameters of copulatory behavior, such as latency to first mount, number of intromissions per series, and latency to intromission after first ejaculation."  [PJC]
•  The act of letting go in; admission.  [1913 Webster]
•  An intermeddling with the affairs of another, either on legal grounds or without authority.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

intromission

acceptance, admission, admittance, baptism, embedment, enlistment, enrollment, entrance, graft, grafting, immission, impaction, impactment, implantation, inauguration, induction, infixion, infusion, initiation, injection, inoculation, insertion, insinuation, installation, instatement, interjection, interpolation, introduction, investiture, ordination, penetration, perfusion, tessellation, transplant, transplantation

ROGET THESAURUS

intromission

Reception

N reception, admission, admittance, entree, importation, introduction, intromission, immission, ingestion, imbibation, introception, absorption, ingurgitation, inhalation, suction, sucking, eating, drinking, insertion, interjection, introit, admitting, admitted, admissable, absorbent.