APA Dictionary of Psychology

n. a form of coitus in which the man does not reach orgasm. It is sometimes used as a means of birth control, but if combined with meditation, it is similar to the coitus reservatus technique. Carezza techniques are derived from principles of Hindu Tantrism and in this sense were first described by U.S. gynecologist Alice B. Stockham (1833–1912) in 1896. Also called coitus prolongatus.