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Definition: Vaginismus |
VaginismusNoun1. Muscular contraction that causes the vagina to close; usually an anxiety reaction before coitus or pelvic examination. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Vaginismus \Vag`i*nis"mus\, noun. [New Latin]. (Websters 1913) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Vaginismus is a painful or spastic contraction of a woman's pelvic floor muscles that occurs with attempted penetration of the vagina. Young women may be unable to begin having intercourse without pain.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Vaginismus."
| "Vaginismus" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Vaginismus" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
vaginismus | 103 |
vaginismus treatment | 4 |
vaginismus cure | 4 |
functional vaginismus | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "vaginismus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | scheidenkrampf (vaginal cramp). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aginismusvay.(various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "vaginismus": vaginismuses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "vaginismus" (pronounced 'Vag`i*nis"mus'): Accismus, Bulimus, Chiasmus, Cormus, humus, IGNORAMUS, isthmus, Lacmus, Larypgismus, litmus, mandamus, marasmus, Momus, Nystagmus, Polyphemus, Primus, Ramus, Rhythmus, strabismus, tenesmus, Thymus, Tilmus, trismus, Ulmus. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-i-m-n-s-s-u-v" | |
-2 letters: assuming, misusing. | |
-3 letters: amusing, issuing, massing, missing, musings, mussing, saimins, savings, simians, visaing. | |
-4 letters: agisms, aiming, animis, animus, assign, gamins, mavins, musing, saimin, saving, savins, sigmas, simian, vimina, vising. | |
-5 letters: agism, amins, amiss, animi, gains, gamin, gaums, gauss, guans, magus, mains, manus, mavin, mavis, minas, minis, minus, munis, nisus, sagum, sains, sasin, savin, sigma, signs, simas, sings, sinus, snags, snugs, suing, unais, using, vagus, vangs, vigas, vinas, visas. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-i-m-n-s-s-u-v" | |
+2 letters: vaginismuses. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 61 67 69 6E 69 73 6D 75 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- .- --. .. -. .. ... -- ..- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01100001 01100111 01101001 01101110 01101001 01110011 01101101 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V a g i n i s m u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0061 0067 0069 006E 0069 0073 006D 0075 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)56677375807585798785 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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