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Nymphomania
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nymphomania [‚nim·fə′mā·nē·ə]
(psychology)
Excessive sexual desire on the part of a woman. Also known as hysteromania.
Nymphomania 

an exaggerated sexual desire in a woman. Nymphomania is caused by endocrine, nervous, or mental disorders. The condition is accompanied by erotic fantasies, and a loss of sexual inhibition leads to casual sexual encounters. Sometimes the term “nymphomania” is used figuratively to describe uncontrolled sexual behavior.
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La condicion hibrida que caracteriza a los hombres marinos y a los centauros, que, en la literatura suelen encarnar la lascivia, la soberbia y lo demoniaco (Allegra 173), imposibilita su clasificacion dentro de las categorias humana o animal.
Los personajes fabulosos del Jardin de flores curiosas de Antonio de ... by Martinez-Gongora, Mar / Hispanofila
For Sanudo on the prohibition of comedies "incentivo di lascivia et detestabile corruttela delli boni costumi" see Venturi, 1908a, 220.
Giorgione's Tempest, studiolo culture, and the Renaissance Lucretius * by Campbell, Stephen J. / Renaissance Quarterly
Sforza, 793, "multa verba et actus turpia lascivia et inhonestissima.
The short, lascivious lives of two Venetian theaters, 1580-85 * by Johnson, Eugene J. / Renaissance Quarterly
 
 
 
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