Path. [mod.L. (Sims), f. vāgīna.] Painful spasmodic contraction of the vagina; vulvismus.
1866. J. M. Sims, Uterine Surg., 326. By the term vaginismus I mean an excessive hyperæsthesia of the hymen and vulvar outlet.
1879. St. George’s Hosp. Rep., IX. 443. The patient then left for two months, but was readmitted as the vaginismus still persisted.
