Abstinence, Physical Effects of

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• Physical Effects of Abstinence —     Physical Effects of Abstinence     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Physical Effects of Abstinence     The effects on the human system of abstinence from flesh meats divide themselves naturally and logically into two parts:     ♦ Effects due to… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Abstinence-only sex education — is a form of sex education that emphasizes abstinence from sex to the exclusion of all other types of sexual and reproductive health education, particularly regarding birth control and safe sex. This type of sex education promotes sexual… …   Wikipedia

• abstinence syndrome — noun : the physical effects that result from depriving an addict of the drug to which he is habituated * * * the withdrawal symptoms that occur after abstinence from a drug, esp. a narcotic, to which one is addicted …   Useful english dictionary

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