anorgasmia

English

Noun

anorgasmia (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) Failure to achieve orgasm.
    • 2012, Allen Lawrence, Laura Edwards, “Self-Help in Gynecological Practice”, in Martha Kirkpatrick, editor, Women’s Sexual Development: Explorations of Inner Space, page 273:
      On the other hand, a woman with a major or recurrent problem (VD, unplanned pregnancies, recurrent vaginal infection, anorgasmia, etc.) needs guidance to find the root of her problem: Has she “mismotivated” herself”? Has she lost her “healthy image” of herself?
    • 2018 June 8, anonymous author, “My life in sex: ‘After taking antidepressants, my genitals felt numb’”, in The Guardian:
      I've since discovered this side-effect isn't uncommon and has a name: PSSD (post-SSRI sexual dysfunction). I know men who also suffer with PSSD and struggle with the same genital numbness and anorgasmia, coupled with erectile dysfunction.

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Italian

Noun

anorgasmia f (plural anorgasmie)

  1. (medicine) anorgasmia (failure to achieve orgasm)

Further reading

  • anorgasmia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Noun

anorgasmia f (usually uncountable, plural anorgasmias)

  1. (medicine) anorgasmia (failure to achieve orgasm)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anoɾˈɡasmja/ [a.noɾˈɣ̞az.mja]
  • Rhymes: -asmja
  • Syllabification: a‧nor‧gas‧mia

Noun

anorgasmia f (plural anorgasmias)

  1. (medicine) anorgasmia (failure to achieve orgasm)

Further reading

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