furor uterinus

noun

A supposed medical disorder causing licentious urges or behaviour in women; nymphomania.

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Meanings

noun
  1. historicalmedicineA supposed medical disorder causing licentious urges or behaviour in women; nymphomania.

    Mrs. C—, tho' a free woman in one sense of the word, is not stimulated with any violent passions, that border upon the furor uterinus.

    1789, Harris's List of Covent-Garden Ladies, London: H. Ranger, page 82
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    Renaissance doctors, working within the context of humoral medicine, treated furor uterinus with bleeding, purges, emetics, and a variety of herbal medicines to restore equilibrium to the body's elements.

    1995, Jennifer Terry, Jacqueline Urla, Deviant Bodies, page 227

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
nymphomania
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APA

furor uterinus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/furor%20uterinus

MLA

“furor uterinus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/furor%20uterinus. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “furor uterinus,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/furor%20uterinus.

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