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Transvestism  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Fetishisms, Transvestic
  • Fetishism, Transvestic
  • Transvestic Fetishism
  • Transvestic Fetishisms

Scope note

  • Disorder characterized by recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving cross-dressing in a heterosexual male. The fantasies, urges, or behaviors cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational or other areas of functioning. (from APA, DSM-IV, 1994)

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • fetischistisk transvestism
  • fetishisimus transvestisticus
  • fetisistinen transvestismi
  • transvestiittinen fetisismi
  • transvestisismus
  • transvestisismus fetishisticus
  • vastakkaiseksi sukupuoleksi pukeutumisen halu
  • Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014190

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