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nymphomania

Pronunciation:  `nimfu'meyneeu

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  abnormally intense sexual desire in women
 
 See Also: concupiscence, physical attraction, sexual desire

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Nym`pho*ma"ni*a\, n. [Gr. ? a bride + ? madness.]
(Med.)
Morbid and uncontrollable sexual desire in women,
constituting a true disease.

 
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