"vaginismus" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /vad͡ʒɪˈnɪzməs/ Forms: vaginismuses [plural]
Etymology: From vagina + -ismus. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|vagina|ismus}} vagina + -ismus Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} vaginismus (usually uncountable, plural vaginismuses)
  1. (pathology) A painful muscular contraction of the vagina when attempting to insert something, such as a tampon or a penis, into it. Wikipedia link: vaginismus Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Gynaecology, Pathology Synonyms: colpospasm, vaginism [archaic] Related terms: dyspareunia Translations (muscular contraction): 陰道痙攣 (Chinese Mandarin), 阴道痉挛 (yīndào jìngluán) (Chinese Mandarin), vaginismi (Finnish), vaginisme [masculine] (French), Vaginismus [masculine] (German), Scheidenkrampf [masculine] (German), κολεόσπασμος (koleóspasmos) (Greek), κολπισμός (kolpismós) [masculine] (Greek), κολπόσπασμος (kolpóspasmos) [masculine] (Greek), vaginismo [masculine] (Italian), 膣痙攣 (chitsukeiren) (alt: ちつけいれん) (Japanese), pochwica [feminine] (Polish), vaginismo [masculine] (Portuguese), вагини́зм (vaginízm) [masculine] (Russian), vaginismo [masculine] (Spanish), vaginism [common-gender] (Swedish), slidkramp [common-gender] (Swedish), vajinismus (Turkish)

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