Definition of Nymphomania

1. Noun. Abnormally intense sexual desire in women.

Generic synonyms: Concupiscence, Eros, Physical Attraction, Sexual Desire
Derivative terms: Nymphomaniacal

Definition of Nymphomania

1. n. Morbid and uncontrollable sexual desire in women, constituting a true disease.

Definition of Nymphomania

1. Noun. Excess of sexual (behaviour) or (desire) in women. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nymphomania

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Nymphomania

1. Morbid and uncontrollable sexual desire in women, constituting a true disease. Origin: Gr. A bride + madness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nymphomania

nymphlike
nymphly
nymphocaruncular sulcus
nymphohymenal sulcus
nymphoid
nympholepsies
nympholept
nympholeptic
nympholepts
nymphologist
nymphology
nymphomaniacal
nymphomaniacally
nymphomaniacs
nymphomanias
nymphomanic
nymphomanics
nymphomany
nymphos
nymphotomy
nymphs
nymphæ
nymphæa

Literary usage of Nymphomania

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical Treatise on Disorders of the Sexual Function in the Male and Female by Max Hühner (1916)
"nymphomania and sterility. Diagnosis. Course and prognosis. Treatment. Definition.—nymphomania may be defined as excessive venereal impulse in the female. ..."

2. Homœopathic Therapeutics by Samuel Lilienthal (1890)
"Irritable condition of sexual organs with congestions; cold feeling in head and abdomen; nervous affections, such as mania, nymphomania, etc., ..."

3. The Modern Practice of Physic: Exhibiting the Characters, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Thomas (1813)
"As the clitoris is the seat of pleasure during the act of coitus, nymphomania might possibly be cured by extirpating this organ. ..."

4. The HomŒopathic treatment of the diseases of females and infants at the breast by Gottlieb Heinrich Georg Jahr (1856)
"ARTICLE XL nymphomania. SECTION 50. SYMPTOMS.—Authors are exceedingly divided in opinion concerning the character of this affection, which consists in an ..."

5. Psychopathia Sexualis, with Especial Reference to the Antipathic Sexual by Richard Krafft-Ebing (1922)
"nymphomania and Satyriasis.1 The description of these conditions is simply an annex to the attempt made on page 69 to explain ..."

6. Medicolegal Aspects of Moral Offenses by Léon Henri Thoinot, Arthur Wisswald Weysse (1911)
"nymphomania. Classical nymphomania includes the most widely different cases. ... Study of the nymphomania of degenerates.—nymphomania in legal medicine. ..."

7. The Pathology of Emotions: Physiological and Clinical Studies by Charles Féré (1899)
"... Auditive, Olfactive, Visual Sensations—Satyriasis, nymphomania—Inversion of the Genital Sense—nymphomania Paradoxical—Masochisme, ..."

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