NEURASTHENIA SEXUALIS
\njˌuːɹasθˈiːni͡ə sˈɛkʃuːˈɑːliz], \njˌuːɹasθˈiːniə sˈɛkʃuːˈɑːliz], \n_j_ˌuː_ɹ_a_s_θ_ˈiː_n_iə s_ˈɛ_k_ʃ_uː_ˈɑː_l_i_z]\
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N. popularly supposed to be caused by masturbation or excessive venery and associated with an absence of sexual desire, or of the power of erection or ejaculation, or of ability to experience pleasure during copulation. In reality a complex series of conditions. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
Word of the day
hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.