vaginismus

See also: Vaginismus

English

Etymology

From vagina +‎ -ismus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vad͡ʒɪˈnɪzməs/

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.

Synonyms

• colpospasm
• (archaic) vaginism

Translations

muscular contraction

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 陰道痙攣／阴道痉挛 (yīndào jìngluán)

• Finnish: vaginismi
• French: vaginisme (fr) m
• German: Vaginismus (de) m, Scheidenkrampf m
• Greek: κολεόσπασμος (el) m (koleóspasmos), κολπισμός (el) m (kolpismós), κολπόσπασμος m (kolpóspasmos)
• Italian: vaginismo (it) m
• Japanese: 膣痙攣 (ja) (ちつけいれん, chitsukeiren)
• Polish: pochwica f
• Portuguese: vaginismo (pt) m
• Russian: вагини́зм (ru) m (vaginízm)
• Spanish: vaginismo m
• Swedish: vaginism c, slidkramp c
• Turkish: vajinismus (tr)

See also

• dyspareunia
• vulvodynia