EROTOMANIA
\ɪɹˌə͡ʊtəmˈe͡ɪni͡ə], \ɪɹˌəʊtəmˈeɪniə], \ɪ_ɹ_ˌəʊ_t_ə_m_ˈeɪ_n_iə]\
Definitions of EROTOMANIA
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
- 1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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By William R. Warner
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A species of mental alienation caused by love. Erotic melancholy is Love melancholy. Some authors write it Erotico-mania. Also, Nymphomania.
By Robley Dunglison
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[Greek] A variety of emotional insanity characterized by extravagant and often exalted affection manifested toward some person, usually of the opposite sex.
By Alexander Duane
By Sir Augustus Henry
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Insanity with intense sexual excitement.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A form of mental excitement characterized by loss of control over the sexual appetite. See satyriasis and nymphomania. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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Dopamine Acetyltransferase
- An enzyme that catalyzes the of groups from acetyl-CoA to arylamines. They have wide specificity for aromatic amines, particularly serotonin, and can also catalyze acetyl transfer between arylamines without CoA. EC 2.3.1.5.