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Nymphomania

//nɪmfəˈmeɪnɪə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women. countable, uncountable

    "Camphor, however, has been used to counteract the conditions arising from nymphomania."

  2. 2
    abnormally intense sexual desire in women wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin, from Latin nympha + -mania. By surface analysis, nympho- + mania.

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