Usually means: Involuntary muscle spasm, painful intercourse.
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  1. vaginismus: Merriam-Webster
  2. vaginismus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. vaginismus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. vaginismus: Collins English Dictionary
  5. vaginismus: Vocabulary.com
  6. vaginismus: Wordnik
  7. vaginismus: Wiktionary
  8. vaginismus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. vaginismus: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. vaginismus: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. vaginismus: Dictionary.com
  12. Vaginismus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Vaginismus: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. vaginismus: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. vaginismus: Rhymezone
  16. Vaginismus: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. vaginismus: FreeDictionary.org
  18. vaginismus: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. vaginismus: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. vaginismus: Encyclopedia

Medicine (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. vaginismus: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. Vaginismus: Merck Manuals
  5. Vaginismus: MedFriendly Glossary
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  7. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  8. Vaginismus: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  9. vaginismus: Medical dictionary
  10. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)

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  1. vaginismus: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (vaginismus)

▸ noun:  (pathology) A painful muscular contraction of the vagina when attempting to insert something, such as a tampon or a penis, into it.

Similar:
vaginodynia, vaginosis, vaginopathogenicity, vaginitis, vulvovaginatis, vulvovaginitis, vulvitis, vestibulodynia, vagotonia, vulvodynia, more...

Opposite:
penetration, dyspareunia

Adjectives:
functional, primary, severe, secondary, true, psychogenic, simple, intense, extreme, lifelong, superior

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Similar:
vaginodynia, vaginosis, vaginopathogenicity, vaginitis, vulvovaginatis, vulvovaginitis, vulvitis, vestibulodynia, vagotonia, vulvodynia, more...

Opposite:
penetration, dyspareunia

Adjectives:
functional, primary, severe, secondary, true, psychogenic, simple, intense, extreme, lifelong, superior



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