hysteromania

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noun

nymphomania

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Meanings

nounhysteromania (uncountable)
  1. archaicuncountablenymphomania
  2. archaicuncountableA condition involving both hysteria and mania.

    But in certain respects it was something more, and in others something less than hysteromania; or either hysteria or mania; or any combination thereof.

    1866, The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, page 445

Origin

From hystero- + -mania.

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APA

hysteromania. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hysteromania

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“hysteromania.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hysteromania. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hysteromania,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hysteromania.

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