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anaphrodisia

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[an-af-ruh-dee-zhuh, -dizh-uh, -diz-ee-uh] / ænˌæf rəˈdi ʒə, -ˈdɪʒ ə, -ˈdɪz i ə /

noun

Psychiatry.

  1. diminished sexual desire.

Etymology

Origin of anaphrodisia

< Greek anaphrodīsía inability to inspire love; an- 1, aphrodisia

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Cutaneous anæsthesia and alcoholic anaphrodisia make the sufferers fancy they have lost the generative organs, nose, legs, etc.; dyspepsia, exhaustion, and paresis, that they have been poisoned or are being persecuted.

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