Nymphomania
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Nymphomania is a special form of hypereroticism (sexual hyperesthesia) characterized by increased sexual desire in women, expressed as constant sexual dissatisfaction and an unceasing need for sexual gratification. It is associated with dysfunction of the endocrine apparatus or with local irritations of the peripheral sexual apparatus and occurs mainly in psychopathic individuals.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
Nymphomania (nymphomania), a special form of hypereroticism (sexual hyperesthesia)—increased sexual desire in women, which is expressed as constant sexual dissatisfaction and an unceasing need for sexual gratification. Similar to the analogous phenomenon in men (satyriasis), it is associated with dysfunction of the endocrine apparatus or with local irritations of the peripheral sexual apparatus. It occurs mainly in psychopathic individuals (often also in hysteria and oligophrenia). Should be distinguished from vaginismus (see); in men correspondingly—priapism (see).
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“Nymphomania.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/nymphomania/