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erethism
[ er-uh-thiz-uhm ]
noun
, Physiology.
- an unusual or excessive degree of irritability or stimulation in an organ or tissue.
erethism
/ ˈɛrɪˌθɪzəm /
noun
- physiol an abnormally high degree of irritability or sensitivity in any part of the body
- psychiatry
- a personality disorder resulting from mercury poisoning
- an abnormal tendency to become aroused quickly, esp sexually, as the result of a verbal or psychic stimulus
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Derived Forms
- ˌereˈthismic, adjective
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Other Words From
- ere·thismic er·e·this·tic [er-, uh, -, this, -tik], er·e·thit·ic [er-, uh, -, thit, -ik], e·reth·ic [uh, -, reth, -ik, e-, reth, -], adjective
- hyper·ere·thism noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of erethism1
C18: from French éréthisme, from Greek erethismos irritation, from erethizein to excite, irritate
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Example Sentences
Normally, there appears to be no erethism of the sexual organs during the process of love-making.
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In all these cases it is worthy of remark that there was present an unusual degree of cerebral erethism.
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They lose control over their vasomotor system to some extent as a result of this systemic erethism.
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At the same time they consider that, while erethism is less, sexuality is greater than in men.
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But ought this excess of nervous erethism to be referred necessarily to the peculiar nature of the Urning?
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