Definition of Anaphrodisia

1. Noun. Decline or absence of sexual desire.


Definition of Anaphrodisia

1. n. Absence of sexual appetite.

Definition of Anaphrodisia

1. Noun. (medicine) Lack of desire for sex. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Anaphrodisia

1. Absence of sexual appetite. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Priv. + sexual pleasure, the goddess of love. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anaphrodisia

anaphasic
anaphia
anaphor
anaphora
anaphoral
anaphoras
anaphoresis
anaphoretic
anaphoria
anaphoric
anaphoric pronoun
anaphoric relation
anaphorical
anaphorically
anaphors
anaphrodisiacs
anaphylactic
anaphylactic antibody
anaphylactic intoxication
anaphylactic reaction
anaphylactic shock
anaphylactogen
anaphylactogenesis
anaphylactogenic
anaphylactogens
anaphylactoid
anaphylactoid crisis

Literary usage of Anaphrodisia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of Gynecology by Henry Turman Byford (1902)
"2. anaphrodisia. The normal excitability may never have been developed or it may be suppressed. » ' Varieties. ..."

2. The Therapeutics of gynecology and obstetrics by William Biddle Atkinson (1881)
"STERILITY AND anaphrodisia. These are separate conditions ; the former referring to infertility following the sexual act; the latter to the absence of the ..."

3. The works of William Cullen: containing his physiology, nosology, and first by William Cullen (1827)
"anaphrodisia. Libidinis defectus, vel veneris impotentia. ... anaphrodisia ab ure- thrae vitio, sp. 5.* Pro ficta et falsa habenda est ..."

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