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nymphomania
nymphomania [ nímfə máyni ə ]


noun 
Definition:
 
woman's obsessive sexual desire: a compulsive desire to have sex with many different men, theorized to occur in some women ( often offensive )

[Late 18th century. < modern Latin< Latin nympha (see nymph) + late Latin mania (see mania)]
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