vaginismus

1. 1.

   muscular contraction that causes the vagina to close; usually an anxiety reaction before coitus or pelvic examination

   Broadercontraction

Other forms of vaginismus

plural

vaginismuses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about vaginismus

What does vaginismus mean?

vaginismus means "muscular contraction that causes the vagina to close; usually an anxiety reaction before coitus or pelvic examination".

How many syllables are in vaginismus?

vaginismus has 4 syllables: va-gi-ni-smus. The stress falls on "gi".

Is vaginismus a common word?

vaginismus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.