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dyspareunia Audio
dys·pa·reu·ni·a [ dis-puh-roo-nee-uh ]
Subclass of:
Physiological Sexual Disorders; Female Genital Diseases; Psychosexual Disorders; Genital Diseases, Male
Etymology:
Greek dys = difficult + pareunos = lying beside (from para = beside + eune = bed)
Definitions related to dyspareunia:
  • Painful or difficult coitus.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Painful sexual intercourse.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • Physical pain in sexual intercourse, usually emotionally caused and more commonly experienced by women; may also result from cystitis, urethritis or other medical conditions.
    Sadock's Comprehensive Glossary of Psychiatry and Psychology
    BJ Sadock Titles Press, 2012
  • Recurrent genital pain occurring during, before, or after SEXUAL INTERCOURSE in either the male or the female.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Recurrent or persistent genital pain associated with sexual intercourse.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
  • A disorder characterized by painful or difficult coitus.
    Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events
    U.S. National Institutes of Health, 2021
  • Dyspareunia, painful or difficult sexual intercourse in the female. Disorders are generally physical rather than psychological. Dyspareunia may be caused by inflammation or infection of the vagina, vaginismus (q.v.; voluntary or involuntary contraction of the lower vaginal muscles), remnants of...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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