anodyspareunia

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English

Etymology

From ano- +‎ dyspareunia, introduced in a 1998 academic journal [1] (see also [2]).

Noun

anodyspareunia (uncountable)

  1. Pain accompanying receptive anal sexual intercourse.

References

  1. ^ Rosser, B. R., Short, B. J., Thurmes, P. J., & Coleman E. (1998). Anodyspareunia, the unacknowledged sexual dysfunction: A validation study of painful receptive anal intercourse and its psychosexual concomitants in homosexual men. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 24, 281–292.
  2. ^ Stulhofer A, Ajduković D (2011) Should we take anodyspareunia seriously? A descriptive analysis of pain during receptive anal intercourse in young heterosexual women. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 37(5):346-58.