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furor uterinus

furor uterinus noun: a supposed medical disorder causing licentious urges or behaviour in women; nymphomania.

Noun

furor uterinus

  1. (historical) A supposed medical disorder causing licentious urges or behaviour in women; nymphomania.
    • Mrs. C—, tho' a free woman in one sense of the word, is not stimulated with any violent passions, that border upon the furor uterinus.1789, Harris's List of Covent-Garden Ladies, London: H. Ranger, page 82
    • Renaissance doctors, working within the context of humoral medicine, treated furor uterinus with bleeding, purges, emetics, and a variety of herbal medicines to restore equilibrium to the body's elements.1995, Jennifer Terry, Jacqueline Urla, Deviant Bodies, page 227

Questions about furor uterinus

What does furor uterinus mean?
Furor uterinus means a supposed medical disorder causing licentious urges or behaviour in women; nymphomania.
What part of speech is furor uterinus?
Furor uterinus is a noun.

Words near furor uterinus in the dictionary

  1. furopyrimidine
  2. furopyrimidines
  3. furoquinoline
  4. furoquinolines
  5. furor
  6. furor uterinus
  7. furore
  8. furores
  9. furors
  10. furos
  11. furosamide

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