nymphomania /nym·pho·ma·nia/ (nim″fo-ma´ne-ah) excessive sexual desire in a female.nymphoman´iac
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nym·pho·ma·ni·a (n m f -m  n -, -mny)n. A disorder in which a woman exhibits extreme or obsessive desire for sexual stimulation or gratification. nym pho·mani·ac (-n- k) adj. & n.nym pho·ma·nia·cal (-m-n -kl) adj. |
nymphomania
[nim′fəmā′nē·ə]
Etymology: Gk, nymphe, maiden, mania, madness
a psychosexual disorder of women characterized by an insatiable desire for sexual satisfaction, often resulting from an unconscious conflict concerning personal adequacy. Compare satyriasis. See also sexual disorder.
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behavioral state in which the female is in estrus continually or for longer periods at shorter intervals than is normal. Rectal palpation may reveal cystic follicles or there may be no detectable abnormality.
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Female hypersexuality Psychiatry A popular term for a ♀ psychosexual disorder characterized by ↑↑↑ in sexual activity and desire, viewed in the psychoanalytic context as a reponse to an inferiority complex
and/or a need for affection; the compulsive condition in a ♀ of recurrent sexual intercourse with different ♂ partners, promiscuously and without falling in love, but not as a paid prostitute or call girl. Cf Don Juan syndrome, Satyriasis, Sexual addiction, Sexual compulsivity.
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