estromania
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- œstromania (obsolete)
Etymology edit
estrus + -mania, from Ancient Greek: οἶστρος (oîstros, “passionate frenzy”) + μανία (manía, “madness”).
Noun edit
estromania (uncountable)
- (obsolete, rare) nymphomania (in humans or other animals)
- 1909, Vickers T. Atkinson, Special Report on Diseases of Cattle[1]:
- Disease of the ovaries or of the spinal cord, by reflex irritation, may cause estromania (see "Excess of venereal desire," p. 145), constant desire for the bull.