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‖ vaginismus Path.|vædʒɪˈnɪzməs| [mod.L. (Sims), f. vāgīna.] Painful spasmodic contraction of the vagina in response to physical contact or pressure; vulvismus.
1866J. M. Sims Uterine Surg. 326 By the term vaginismus I mean an excessive hyperæsthesia of the hymen and vulvar outlet. 1879St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 443 The patient then left for two months, but was readmitted as the vaginismus still persisted. 1936W. Shaw Textbk. Gynæcol. xi. 234 Typical cases of vaginismus always have a psychical basis. 1974Passmore & Robson Compan. Med. Stud. III. xxxv. 35/1 Frigidity..also includes the symptoms of those women in whom spasm of the perineal muscles (vaginismus) make the [sexual] act painful..or impossible. 1984Listener 8 Mar. 34/4 Dr Stanley gives some candid advice on premature ejaculation and vaginismus, the involuntary muscular spasm of the outer third of the vagina which prevents penetration. |