anaphrodisiac

[an″af-ro-diz´e-ak]

1. repressing sexual desire.

2. a drug that represses sexual desire.

an·aph·ro·di·si·ac

(an'af-rō-diz'ē-ak),

1. Relating to anaphrodisia.

2. Repressing or destroying sexual desire.

3. An agent that lessens or eliminates sexual desire.

Synonym(s): antaphrodisiac, antaphroditic (1)

[G. an- priv. + aphrodisia, sexual pleasure]

Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

an·aph·ro·di·si·ac

(an'af-rō-diz'ē-ak)

1.Repressing or eliminating sexual desire.

2. An agent that lessens or abolishes sexual desire.

[G. an- priv. + aphrodisia, sexual pleasure]

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

References in periodicals archive

aphrodisiacs and anaphrodisiacs), musculoskeletal ailments (e.g.

Back to the roots: a quantitative survey of herbal drugs in Dioscorides' De Materia Medica (ex Matthioli, 1568)

Indeed, scepticism as to the reality of witchcraft in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries led to medical writers identifying other causes of infertility, such as anaphrodisiacs, rather than enchanted objects or ligature spells.

Evans, Jennifer, Aphrodisiacs, Fertility and Medicine in Early Modern England

(10) It is interesting that Pickering (177) explains how witches were thought to offer 'anaphrodisiacs' that would calm undesired passions.

Religion, sorcery and suffering men: witchcraft in David Copperfield and Jude the Obscure/Din, buyuculuk ve aci ceken erkekler: David Copperfield ve Jude the Obscure adli eserlerde cadi avi

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