libido (redirected from Sexual appetite)

libido /li·bi·do/ (li-be´do) (li-bi´do) pl. libid´ines   [L.]

1. sexual desire.

2. the psychic energy derived from instinctive biological drives; in early freudian theory it was restricted to the sexual drive, then expanded to all expressions of love and pleasure, but has evolved to include also the death instinct.libid´inal

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li·bi·do (l-bd, -b-)

n. pl. li·bi·dos

1. The psychic and emotional energy associated with instinctual biological drives.

2. Sexual desire.

3. Manifestation of the sexual drive.

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libido

pl. libidines [L.] sexual drive, vigor, enthusiasm.

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absent libido

unwillingness to copulate on the part of a male.

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libido plural, libidos, sex drive Psychiatry Sexual drive, urge or desire; the psychic and emotional energy associated with instinctive biologic drives, generally equated to sexual drive; normal libido requires adequate testosterone and dopamine–which inhibits libido-attenuating prolactin. See Anorgasmia.