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hysteromania

hysteromania noun: nymphomania.

Noun

hysteromania (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) nymphomania
  2. (archaic) A condition involving both hysteria and mania.
    • But in certain respects it was something more, and in others something less than hysteromania; or either hysteria or mania; or any combination thereof.1866, The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, page 445

Origin of hysteromania

From hystero- + -mania.

Questions about hysteromania

What does hysteromania mean?
Hysteromania means nymphomania.
What part of speech is hysteromania?
Hysteromania is a noun.

Words near hysteromania in the dictionary

  1. hysteroids
  2. hysterokinetic
  3. hysterologies
  4. hysterology
  5. hysterolysis
  6. hysteromania
  7. hysteromaniac
  8. hysteromaniacal
  9. hysteromaniacs
  10. hysterometer
  11. hysterometers

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