vaginismus

vaginismus
noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin vagina Date: 1866 a painful spasmodic contraction of the vagina

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  • Vaginismus — Vag i*nis mus, n. [NL.] (Med.) A painful spasmodic contraction of the vagina, often rendering copulation impossible. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Vaginismus — (Scheidenkrampf) wird durch eine abnorme Empfindlichkeit des Scheideneinganges verursacht, indem jede Berührung zu einer krampfhaften Zusammenziehung der Muskulatur des Scheideneinganges (constrictor cunni) sowie der benachbarten Muskelgruppen… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • vaginismus — 1866, Modern Latin, from VAGINA (Cf. vagina) + ismus …   Etymology dictionary

  • vaginismus — [vaj΄ə niz′məs] n. a painful spasm of the vagina making coital penetration difficult or impossible …   English World dictionary

  • Vaginismus — Infobox Disease Name = Vaginismus Caption = DiseasesDB = 13701 ICD10 = ICD10|F|52|5|f|50, ICD10|N|94|2|n|80 ICD9 = ICD9|306.51 ICD9|625.1 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = 001487 eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D052065 Vaginismus (the Latin… …   Wikipedia

  • Vaginismus — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 N94.2 Vaginismus F52.5 Nichtorganischer Vaginismus …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • vaginismus — /vaj euh niz meuhs/, n. Pathol. a painful spasm of the vagina. [1865 70; < NL; see VAGINA, ISM] * * * ▪ disease       involuntary muscle spasm that closes the opening to the vagina in the female reproductive (reproductive system disease) tract.… …   Universalium

  • vaginismus — noun A painful muscular contraction of the vagina …   Wiktionary

  • vaginismus — Painful spasm of the vagina preventing intercourse. SYN: vaginism, vulvismus. [vagina + L. ismus, action, condition] posterior v. spasmodic stenosis of the vagina caused b …   Medical dictionary

  • Vaginismus — Va|gi|nịs|mus 〈[ va ] m.; ; unz.〉 = Scheidenkrampf * * * Vaginịsmus   [v ; zu Vagina] der, /...men, der Scheidenkrampf. * * * Va|gi|nịs|mus, der; , ...men (Med.): Scheidenkrampf …   Universal-Lexikon

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