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vaginismus

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Tightness of the vaginal wall during vaginal penetration including sexual intercourse. It is caused by involuntary spasm of the pelvic floor muscles, and results in painful intercourse or failure to have intercourse. It may due to psychological conditions, trauma in the vaginal area, or vaginal infection. [ NCIT:C78703 ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • ICD10CM:N94.2 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • MESH:D052065 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • UMLS:C2004487 (NCIT:C78703)
definition

Tightness of the vaginal wall during vaginal penetration including sexual intercourse. It is caused by involuntary spasm of the pelvic floor muscles, and results in painful intercourse or failure to have intercourse. It may due to psychological conditions, trauma in the vaginal area, or vaginal infection.

exactMatch

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/ICD10CM/N94.2, http://identifiers.org/mesh/D052065, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C2004487

has exact synonym

myalgia of pelvic floor, vaginismus

id

MONDO:0021723

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