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''Hetero''- comes from the [[Greek]] word έτερος [héteros], meaning "[[other]] party" or "another", used in [[science]] as a prefix [[meaning]] "different"; and the Latin word for sex (that is, characteristic sex or sexual differentiation). The term "heterosexual" was first published in 1892 in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gilbert_Chaddock C.G. Chaddock's] translation of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_von_Krafft-Ebing Krafft-Ebing]'s "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathia_Sexualis_(book)#Psychopathia_Sexualis ''Psychopathia Sexualis'']. The noun came into use from early 1920s, but did not enter common use until [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960's 1960]s. The colloquial shortening "hetero" is attested from 1933. The abstract noun "heterosexuality" is first recorded in 1900. The word "heterosexual" was first listed in Merriam-Webster's New International Dictionary as a [[medical]] term for "morbid sexual [[passion]] for one of the opposite sex"; however, in 1934 in their Second Edition Unabridged it is defined as a "[[manifestation]] of sexual passion for one of the opposite [[sex]]; [[normal]] sexuality".  The adjective heterosexual is used for [[intimate]] relationships or sexual relations between [[male]] and [[female]].

''Hetero''- comes from the [[Greek]] word έτερος [héteros], meaning "[[other]] party" or "another", used in [[science]] as a prefix [[meaning]] "different"; and the Latin word for sex (that is, characteristic sex or sexual differentiation). The term "heterosexual" was first published in 1892 in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gilbert_Chaddock C.G. Chaddock's] translation of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_von_Krafft-Ebing Krafft-Ebing]'s "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathia_Sexualis_(book)#Psychopathia_Sexualis ''Psychopathia Sexualis'']. The noun came into use from early 1920s, but did not enter common use until [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960's 1960]s. The colloquial shortening "hetero" is attested from 1933. The abstract noun "heterosexuality" is first recorded in 1900. The word "heterosexual" was first listed in Merriam-Webster's New International Dictionary as a [[medical]] term for "morbid sexual [[passion]] for one of the opposite sex"; however, in 1934 in their Second Edition Unabridged it is defined as a "[[manifestation]] of sexual passion for one of the opposite [[sex]]; [[normal]] sexuality".  The adjective heterosexual is used for [[intimate]] relationships or sexual relations between [[male]] and [[female]].

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century 1892]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century 1892]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1a : of, relating to, or characterized by a [[tendency]] to direct sexual [[desire]] toward the opposite sex  

*1a : of, relating to, or characterized by a [[tendency]] to direct sexual [[desire]] toward the opposite sex