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dyspareunia

/dɪspəˈɹuːnɪə/

dyspareunia noun: painful or difficult sexual intercourse, especially in women.

Noun

dyspareunia (uncountable)

  1. Painful or difficult sexual intercourse, especially in women.
    • deep dyspareunia

dyspareunia meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Arabic

dyspareunia in Tamil

புணர்ச்சிச் சிக்கல், புணர்வலி, வலிமிகுப்புணர்ச்சி

dyspareunia in Bengali

যন্ত্রণাদায়ক, কষ্টকর যৌন মিলন

dyspareunia in Arabic

painful sexual intercourse
عُسْر جِمَاع ʕusr jimāʕ, علم جماع, جماع مؤلم

Origin of dyspareunia

From dys- + Ancient Greek πάρευνος (páreunos, “lying beside, lying with”) + -ia.

Words formed from dyspareunia

Questions about dyspareunia

What does dyspareunia mean?
Dyspareunia means painful or difficult sexual intercourse, especially in women.
What is dyspareunia in Tamil?
Dyspareunia in Tamil is புணர்ச்சிச் சிக்கல், புணர்வலி, வலிமிகுப்புணர்ச்சி. See Dyspareunia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dyspareunia?
Dyspareunia is a noun.
How do you pronounce dyspareunia?
Dyspareunia is pronounced /dɪspəˈɹuːnɪə/ (UK).

Words near dyspareunia in the dictionary

  1. dysostosis
  2. dysostotic
  3. dysoxia
  4. dysoxic
  5. dyspancreatism
  6. dyspareunia
  7. dyspareunic
  8. dyspareunist
  9. dyspareunists
  10. dyspathetic
  11. dyspathies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dyspareunia (page history and authors); dyspareunia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dyspareunia (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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