anaphrodisiac

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n. - absence of sexual desire. anaphrodisiac, n. anaphroditic adj. - asexually produced. anaptotic adj.

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  1. Tending to diminish sexual desire; pertaining to anaphrodisia, or to anaphrodisiacs.
  2. That which dulls or diminishes sexual appetite, as a drug, bathing, etc.; an antaphrodisiac.

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  1. from Greek ἀν- privative + ἀφροδισιακόζ, venereal: see aphrodisiac.
 

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