Hysteromania

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    nymphomania archaic, uncountable
  2. 2
    A condition involving both hysteria and mania. archaic, uncountable

    "But in certain respects it was something more, and in others something less than hysteromania; or either hysteria or mania; or any combination thereof."

Example

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"But in certain respects it was something more, and in others something less than hysteromania; or either hysteria or mania; or any combination thereof."

Etymology

From hystero- + -mania.

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