Term: vaginismus: muscular contraction that causes the vagina to close; usually an anxiety reaction before coitus or pelvic examination
Broader: contraction: (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) | Unrelated: failing: failure to reach a minimum required performance
Broader: contraction: (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) | Unrelated: mouse-ear hawkweed: European hawkweed having soft hairy leaves; sometimes placed in genus Hieracium
Broader: contraction: (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) | Unrelated: pallbearer: one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral
Broader: contraction: (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) | Unrelated: sanitation: the state of being clean and conducive to health
Broader: contraction: (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) | Unrelated: bomber: a person who plants bombs
Broader: contraction: (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) | Unrelated: brome: any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions
Broader: contraction: (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) | Unrelated: fire sale: a sale of merchandise supposedly damaged by fire
Broader: contraction: (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) | Unrelated: southern crab apple: small tree or shrub of southeastern United States; cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-colored blossoms
Broader: contraction: (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) | Unrelated: kiln: a furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks
Broader: contraction: (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) | Unrelated: french foreign legion: a former foreign legion in the French army that was used for military duties outside of France