Soviet Medical Encyclopedia

Aidoiomania

Psychiatry

Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.

Summary

Aidoiomania is defined in this 1930s encyclopedia entry as a perversion of the sexual instinct characterized by pathological voluptuousness. The term is derived from the Greek words for genitals and madness.

Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)

AIDOIOMANIA (from the Greek aidoia—genitals and mania—madness), a perversion of the sexual instinct in the direction of pathological voluptuousness.

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“Aidoiomania.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/aidoiomania/