satyriasis

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This was especially supposed to be the case in satyriasis, in which the preternatural exit was due to superabundance of semen, which could be recognized by its odor.

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  1. noun Excessive, often uncontrollable sexual desire in and behavior by a man.

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  • Unlimited scope for your satyriasis Palafox grinned openly. —  Languages of Pao The
  • Neither the works of Tissot on male onanism nor the pioneer work of Bienville on nymphomania speak of the presence of the prepuce in the male, or of the nymphar or clitorian prepuce in the female, as being causative of, or their removal curative of, either masturbation, satyriasis, or nymphomania; moral, hygienic, and internal medication being by both these authors considered to be all that our science could offer or do to alleviate or cure this unfortunate class. —  History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance
  • There is a form of excessive libido in men called satyriasis, which reaches such a degree that the men are often not able to control their desires, and they will satisfy their passion even if they know that the result is sure to be a venereal infection or several years in prison. —  Woman Her Sex and Love Life
  • Of course, satyriasis is a dysgenic factor; those suffering with that disorder are not normal; they are on the borderland of insanity, and not only should they not be permitted to marry, but they should be confined to institutions where they can be subjected to the proper treatment Excessive Libido in Women Just as we have impotent and excessively libidinous men, so we have frigid and excessively libidinous women. —  Woman Her Sex and Love Life
  • Hieronymus Mercurialis, in his chapter of melancholy, cites it for an especial cause of this malady, [1482]priapismus, satyriasis, &c.; Haliabbas, 5. —  The Anatomy of Melancholy
 

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  1. Late Latin satyriāsis, from Greek saturiāsis, from saturos, satyr.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek σατυρίασ, σ1ις, satyriasis, priapism, from σατυριᾶν, equivalent to σατυρίζειν, act like a satyr, be lewd, from σάτυρος, a satyr: see satyr.
 

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/sætɪˈraɪəsɪs/
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