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nymphomania

nymˊpho-ma′ni-a

(nĭmˊfō̍-mā′nĭ-ȧ)

,

Noun.

[Gr.

νύμφη

a bride +

μανία

madness.]

(Med.)

An uncontrollable excessive sexual desire in women, constituting a true disease.

Definition 2024

nymphomania

nymphomania

English

Noun

nymphomania ‎(countable and uncountable, plural nymphomanias)

Excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women.

Synonyms

œstromania (obsolete)

Related terms

Translations

excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women

Chinese:
Mandarin: 女色情狂 (zh) (nǚ sèqíngkuáng), (andromania) 慕男狂 (zh) ‎(mùnánkuáng)
Czech: nymfomanie f
Danish: nymfomani c
Dutch: nymfomanie f
Finnish: nymfomania
French: nymphomanie (fr) f, andromanie (fr) f
German: Nymphomanie (de) f

Italian: ninfomania (it) f, andromania f
Japanese: 女子色情症 ‎(じょししきじょう, joshi shikijōshō), ニンフォマニア ‎(ninfomania)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: nymfomani m

Nynorsk: nymfomani m
Portuguese: ninfomania (pt) f
Russian: нимфома́ния (ru) f ‎(nimfománija), андрома́ния f ‎(andrománija)

See also

satyriasis