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'.