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单词 dyspareunia
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Definition of dyspareunia in English:

dyspareunia

nounˌdɪspəˈruːnɪəˌdispəˈro͞onēə
mass nounMedicine
  • Difficult or painful sexual intercourse.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Women were significantly more likely to receive diagnoses of lack or loss of sexual desire and dyspareunia than were men.
    • In one study, 74 percent of patients who underwent surgery for gynecologic malignancy reported decreased desire, and 40 percent reported dyspareunia.
    • More than 40 percent of patients with colostomy report sexual problems such as dyspareunia or erectile dysfunction.
    • The earliest manifestations of dyspareunia occur with sexual contact, but the symptoms then increase to the point that the pain interferes with nonsexual activities.
    • Inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome may cause dyspareunia, but they are more often associated with other diagnoses of chronic pelvic pain.

Origin

Late 19th century: from dys- 'difficult' + Greek pareunos 'lying with'.

 
 

Definition of dyspareunia in US English:

dyspareunia

nounˌdispəˈro͞onēə
Medicine
  • Difficult or painful sexual intercourse.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The earliest manifestations of dyspareunia occur with sexual contact, but the symptoms then increase to the point that the pain interferes with nonsexual activities.
    • Inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome may cause dyspareunia, but they are more often associated with other diagnoses of chronic pelvic pain.
    • Women were significantly more likely to receive diagnoses of lack or loss of sexual desire and dyspareunia than were men.
    • More than 40 percent of patients with colostomy report sexual problems such as dyspareunia or erectile dysfunction.
    • In one study, 74 percent of patients who underwent surgery for gynecologic malignancy reported decreased desire, and 40 percent reported dyspareunia.

Origin

Late 19th century: from dys- ‘difficult’ + Greek pareunos ‘lying with’.

 
 
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