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psychophor

psychophor noun: a metal device that sits against the prostate and perineum, through which cold water is run, used to treat impotence and excessive masturbation.

Noun

psychophor (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A metal device that sits against the prostate and perineum, through which cold water is run, used to treat impotence and excessive masturbation.
    • Locally cold-steel sounds may be introduced and allowed to remain for ten minutes three or more times a week, or the psychophor or Ultzman's short catheter may be used.1892, Charles Loomis Dana, Text-book of nervous diseases, page 459
    • Occasionally the use of Winternitz's psychophor or cooling sound may be useful. This is particularly likely to be so if there is any neuralgia associated with the hyperesthesia. Injections of cold water into the urethra are sometimes a benefit, but in cases where this is thought to be useful the...1906, Dr. C. W. Allen, “Impotency in the Male”, in New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal, page 878

Origin of psychophor

From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) From New Latin -phorus, from Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros, “bearing”), a derivative of φέρω (phérō, “to bear, to carry”).

Questions about psychophor

What does psychophor mean?
Psychophor means a metal device that sits against the prostate and perineum, through which cold water is run, used to treat impotence and excessive masturbation.
What part of speech is psychophor?
Psychophor is a noun.

Words near psychophor in the dictionary

  1. psychophonetic
  2. psychophonetically
  3. psychophonetics
  4. psychophonic
  5. psychophony
  6. psychophor
  7. psychophylaxis
  8. psychophysic
  9. psychophysical
  10. psychophysical parallelism
  11. psychophysical time

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