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9); masturbation (manustupration), artificial stimulation of the genital organs with the hand.— The Sexual Life of the Child
In this translation, I prefer for such cases to use the words _masturbation_ (i.e. _manustupration_) and _masturbatory_; and to limit the use of the terms _onanism_ and _onanistic_ to cases in which no direct use is made of the hand.— The Sexual Life of the Child
It is known by the terms, self-pollution, self-abuse, masturbation, onanism, manustupration, voluntary pollution, solitary or secret vice, and other names sufficiently explanatory.— Plain Facts for Old and Young

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