NYMPHOMANIA
\nˌɪmfəmˈe͡ɪni͡ə], \nˌɪmfəmˈeɪniə], \n_ˌɪ_m_f_ə_m_ˈeɪ_n_iə]\
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By Oddity Software
By Noah Webster.
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An irresistible and insatiable desire, in females, for the venereal act. It occurs in those particularly, who possess as nervous temperament, and vivid imagination, especially if excited by improper language, masturbation, &c. Its course, as described, is as follows. In the commencement, the sufferer is a prey to perpetual contests between feelings of modesty and impetuous desires. At an after period, she abandons herself to the latter, seeking no longer to restrain them. In the last stage the obscenity is disgusting; and the mental alienation, for such it is, becomes complete. The treatment consists in the use of the same means as are required in the satyriasis of man. When the mental alienation is complete, solitude is indispensable.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe