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[[File:Achille Devéria erotism.jpg|thumb|right|225px|A furtive act of oral sex performed on a woman while a formal [[party]] is in progress]]

'''Oral sex''', sometimes referred to as '''oral intercourse''', is [[sexual activity]] involving the stimulation of the genitalia of a person by another person using the mouth, including the lips, tongue, and teeth; and the throat. [[Cunnilingus]] is oral sex performed on the [[vulva]] or [[vagina]], while [[fellatio]] is oral sex performed on the [[penis]].<ref name="Carroll">{{cite book|author =Janell L. Carroll|title =Sexuality Now: Embracing Diversity|isbn = 978-0-495-60274-3|publisher=[[Cengage Learning]]|year=2009|pages=265–267|accessdate=August 29, 2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5f8mQx7ULs4C&pg=PA265}}</ref><ref name="Weiten">{{cite book| author1 = Wayne Weiten|author2= Margaret A. Lloyd|author3= Dana S. Dunn|author4= Elizabeth Yost Hammer|title=Psychology Applied to Modern Life: Adjustment in the 21st century|isbn = 978-0-495-55339-7 |publisher=Cengage Learning|year=2008|page=422|accessdate=February 26, 2011|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6QRJb40C84C&pg=PA422}}</ref> [[Anilingus]], another form of oral sex, is oral stimulation of the [[Human anus|anus]].<ref name="Carroll"/> Oral stimulation of other parts of the body, such as by kissing or licking, is not considered oral sex.

Oral sex may be performed as [[foreplay]] to incite [[sexual arousal]] before other sexual activities (such as [[Sexual intercourse|vaginal]] or [[Anal sex|anal]] intercourse),<ref name="Carroll"/><ref name="NHS">{{cite web |url=http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/1685.aspx?CategoryID=118&SubCategoryID=119 |title=What is oral sex? |date=2009-01-15 |publisher=[[National Health Service (England)|NHS]] |work=[[NHS Choices]] |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5stJKU5zL?url=http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/1685.aspx?CategoryID=118&SubCategoryID=119 |archivedate=September 20, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> or as an [[Eroticism|erotic]] and [[physical intimacy|physically intimate act]] in its own right.<ref name="Carroll"/><ref name="Weiten"/> Like most forms of sexual activity, oral sex can pose a risk for contracting [[Sexually transmitted disease|sexually transmitted infections]] (STIs/STDs). However, the transmission risk for oral sex, especially [[HIV]] transmission, is significantly lower than for vaginal or anal sex.<ref name="WHO">{{cite web| title = Global strategy for the prevention and control of sexually transmitted infections: 2006–2015. Breaking the chain of transmission| publisher = [[World Health Organization]] |year = 2007| accessdate=November 26, 2011|url=http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2007/9789241563475_eng.pdf}}</ref><ref name="Hales">{{Cite book|author=Dianne Hales|title=An Invitation to Health Brief 2010-2011| publisher = [[Cengage Learning]]|year = 2008|accessdate=August 29, 2013|pages =269–271|isbn = 978-0495391920|url=https://books.google.com/?id=oP91HVIMPRIC&pg=PA269&dq=en#v=onepage&q=&f=false}}</ref><ref name="Alexander">{{cite book|author1=William Alexander|author2= Helaine Bader|author3= Judith H. LaRosa|title=New Dimensions in Women's Health|isbn =978-1449683757|publisher=[[Jones & Bartlett Learning|Jones & Bartlett Publishers]]|year=2011|page=211|accessdate=August 29, 2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GVPHhIM3IZ0C&pg=PA211}}</ref>