Definition of Satyriasis

1. Noun. Abnormally intense sexual desire in men.


Definition of Satyriasis

1. n. Immoderate venereal appetite in the male.

Definition of Satyriasis

1. Noun. Uncontrollable sexual desire, found in a man (contrast to nymphomania) ¹

2. Noun. The quality of excessive sexual passion in a male ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Satyriasis

1. [n -RIASES]

Medical Definition of Satyriasis

1. Immoderate venereal appetite in the male. Origin: L, fr. Gr. See Satyr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Satyriasis

saturnineness
saturninity
saturnism
saturnisms
satyagraha
satyagrahas
satyr
satyr orchid
satyr play
satyra
satyral
satyrals
satyras
satyress
satyriases
satyric
satyrical
satyrid
satyrids
satyrion
satyrions
satyrisk
satyrisks
satyrism
satyrlike
satyrs
sau
sauba
sauba ant

Literary usage of Satyriasis

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

1. A Practical Treatise on Disorders of the Sexual Function in the Male and Female by Max Hühner (1916)
"satyriasis is defined*2 as excessive venereal impulse in the male. ... The excessive impulse must be pathological in order to constitute satyriasis. ..."

2. Psychopathia Sexualis, with Especial Reference to the Antipathic Sexual by Richard Krafft-Ebing (1922)
"Nymphomania and satyriasis.1 The description of these conditions is simply an annex to the attempt made on page 69 to explain ..."

3. Medicolegal Aspects of Moral Offenses by Léon Henri Thoinot, Arthur Wisswald Weysse (1911)
"satyriasis. satyriasis is for men what nymphomania is for women. But it is impossible, and that by a good deal, to present the history of satyriasis with ..."

4. On Sclerosis of the Spinal Cord: Including Locomotor Ataxy, Spastic Spinal by Julius Althaus (1885)
"In my experience patients in whom satyriasis has been an early symptom of tabes have had naturally strong sexual instincts, and been addicted to ..."

5. The functions and disorders of the reproductive organs in youth, in adult by William Acton (1875)
"satyriasis Erection again may be not only morbidly frequent and persistent, but connected with a maniacal sensuality that is one of the most awful ..."

6. A Practical Treatise on Disorders of the Sexual Function in the Male and Female by Max Hühner (1916)
"satyriasis is defined*2 as excessive venereal impulse in the male. ... The excessive impulse must be pathological in order to constitute satyriasis. ..."

7. Psychopathia Sexualis, with Especial Reference to the Antipathic Sexual by Richard Krafft-Ebing (1922)
"Nymphomania and satyriasis.1 The description of these conditions is simply an annex to the attempt made on page 69 to explain ..."

8. Medicolegal Aspects of Moral Offenses by Léon Henri Thoinot, Arthur Wisswald Weysse (1911)
"satyriasis. satyriasis is for men what nymphomania is for women. But it is impossible, and that by a good deal, to present the history of satyriasis with ..."

9. On Sclerosis of the Spinal Cord: Including Locomotor Ataxy, Spastic Spinal by Julius Althaus (1885)
"In my experience patients in whom satyriasis has been an early symptom of tabes have had naturally strong sexual instincts, and been addicted to ..."

10. The functions and disorders of the reproductive organs in youth, in adult by William Acton (1875)
"satyriasis Erection again may be not only morbidly frequent and persistent, but connected with a maniacal sensuality that is one of the most awful ..."

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