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hysteromania

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English

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Etymology

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From hystero- +‎ -mania.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hysteromania (uncountable)

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