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n. - Muscular contraction that causes the female reproductive organ to close.

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Usage examples (19)
  • I suspect that you have a degree of the female condition called vaginismus, in which the vaginal muscles contract whenever an attempt at penetration is made.
  • Dyspareunia must not be confused with true vaginismus.
  • And besides just social functions, she could have vaginismus or dysorgasmia or chronic functional pain.
  • Some experts feel that vaginismus is a conditioned response to vulvar-vaginal pain, rather than a distinct entity.
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