Word: vaginismus
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: vag
i
nis
mus
Definition: A painful muscular contraction of the vagina when attempting to insert something, such as a tampon or a penis, into it.
Morphemes:
Affix: vagina
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The passage leading from the opening of the vulva to the cervix of the uterus for copulation and childbirth in female mammals.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: vāgīna
Language: la
Decoded: vagina
Meaning: sheath
Affix: -ismus
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming compound nouns describing a condition or system.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ismus
Language: la
Decoded: -ismus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -ism; Suffixed to nouns or verbs to forms masculine abstract nouns of practice (action or incidence), result, teaching (doctrine or philosophy), or status (state or condition) related to the thing or action so suffixed