Is Asexual a Medical Term

Asexual: 1. Without sexual desire or interest.

Is asexual a scientific term?

Asexual is first recorded in the late 1700s, originally used in biology to refer to organisms, especially plants, that had no sex organs. By the 1800s, asexual was referring to organisms that can reproduce without sexual intercourse with another organism.

When did asexual become a term?

1890s. 1896: German sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld wrote the pamphlet Sappho und Sokrates, which mentions people without any sexual desire and links them to the concept of “anesthesia sexual”. 1897: German sexual reformist Emma Trosse gave the first definition of asexuality in her work Ein Weib?