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estromania

noun

Etymology

From estrus + -mania, from Ancient Greek: οἶστρος (oîstros, “passionate frenzy”) + μανία (manía, “madness”).

Definitions

  1. nymphomania (in humans or other animals)

    • Disease of the ovaries or of the spinal cord, by reflex irritation, may cause estromania (see "Excess of venereal desire," p. 145), constant desire for the bull.

The neighborhood

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