anorgasmia

[ an-awr-gaz-mee-uh ]

noun

1. inability to experience sexual orgasm.

Other Words From

• anor·gasmic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of anorgasmia¹

an- ¹ + orgasm + -ia

Example Sentences

The most immediately pressing one was what the Internet had taught me to call—clinically, impersonally, at a safe distance from my mortification—anorgasmia.

From The New Yorker

But for less common problems, such as anorgasmia, science does not yet have much to offer.

From Nature

They were anxious, guilty, angry, sad and afraid — like women who experience anorgasmia.

From Salon

A significant percentage of women experience anorgasmia, as do a smaller number of men.

From The Guardian

But, at some level, people are also strangers to their partners, and he may actually be more worried about his anorgasmia during sex with you than he is letting on.

From The Guardian