单词 | satyriasis |
释义 | satyriasisn. 1. a. Prolonged or painful erection of the penis, esp. when associated with sexual stimulation; (in later use also) obsessive desire for erection. Cf. priapism n. 1. Now historical and rare.Cf. the description of the original representation in Greek art of mythical satyrs in the note at satyr n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > reproductive organ disorders > [noun] > of male > disorders of penis priapism?a1425 satyriasis?c1425 phimosis1674 paraphimosis1684 chordee1708 posthitis1842 phallitis1846 balanitis1853 tentigo1860 Peyronie's disease1903 ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 528 The priapasme is vnwilfull stondynge of þe ȝerde, and it dyuerseth fro satiriasis [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. Satiriazy; L. satyriasi] in þat þat þerynne is wille and desire of þat dede. a1475 tr. Gilbertus Anglicus Pharmaceutical Writings (Wellcome) (1991) 301 (MED) In a mannes ȝerde þer ben diuerse greuaunces: to moche stonding, þat is clepid satiriasis..Satiriasis comeþ of a greet boistrois hoot wynde þat..makiþ þe ȝerde to arise. 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke iii. xlix. 140 If there chaunce to the yeard panting or beating, then the euill is called Satyriasis. 1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden cclxxx. sig. Gggg Being put into Plaisters and applyed to the Reines, it [sc. the Chast tree] helpeth the Satyriasis or continuall standing of the Yard. 1798 R. Hamilton Remarks Hydrophobia (ed. 2) II. 491 The most remarkable circumstance in this case is, the urgent satyriasis. 1862 W. Acton Functions & Disorders Reprod. Organs (ed. 3) 126 Though the condition of satyriasis depends for its commencement upon uncontrolled lust, sometimes aided by local irritation.., yet its ultimate and frightful extravagances seem always to depend on positive lesion of the nervous system. 2004 Jrnl. Hist. Sexuality 13 178 Chidley imbibed his suspicion of juvenile penile activity from Acton, whose comments on priapism and satyriasis he triumphantly quoted in his pamphlet on erection. b. Great or inordinate appetite for sex, esp. in the male; spec. a medical condition occurring in men or male animals, characterized by sexual desire or activity judged to be excessive (now historical). Cf. nymphomania n. 1 and also satyr n. 1c. Also in figurative contexts: extreme eagerness or enthusiasm (see quots. 1629 and 1847). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [noun] > excessive or uncontrollable satyriasis1629 nymphomania1708 hypersexuality1915 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > morbid preoccupation > specific satyriasis1629 onomamania1854 copromania1880 onomatomania1892 coprophily1924 quantophrenia1956 1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia i. 46 Now..euery eare Hath got the Saturyasis to heare This tragicke sceane. 1640 E. Chilmead tr. J. Ferrand Ερωτομανια 98 These two Diseases..may as well be reckoned among the kindes of Love Melancholy, as the Satyriasis in men. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xvii. 447/2 Satyriasis,..is an immoderate desire of venery, which upon Coition vanishes. 1792 tr. W. Cullen Synopsis & Nosol. 65 Satyriasis. an unbounded desire of venery in men. 1847 T. De Quincey Notes on Landor in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 18/2 Afflicted with the very satyriasis of curiosity. 1895 tr. F. Friedberger & E. Fröhne Pathol. & Therapeutics Domest. Animals I. 417 In the equine race the monorchids and cryptorchids are generally affected by satyriasis. 1948 A. C. Kinsey et al. Sexual Behavior Human Male vi. 199 The attempts to recognize such states as nymphomania and satyriasis as discrete entities, can, in any objective analysis, refer to nothing more than a position on a curve which is continuous. 2002 Philadelphia Inquirer 6 Jan. h13/3 A riotous, woman-crunching satyriasis that keeps his testicles tingling. 2. A disease producing swelling and alteration of the appearance of the face (usually taken to be leprosy). Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > leprosy spittle-evil?c1225 leperc1275 meselrya1387 lepraa1398 mesela1400 leprosy?a1450 leprosityc1451 lepryc1475 leperhood1491 leperhead1493 leprousnessa1500 lazaryc1503 meselnessc1520 tyre1547 lepernessa1557 satyriasis1587 lazarousness1648 leontiasis1753 cocobay1788 Hansen's disease1938 1587 M. Renniger Treat. sig. Q3 It is called Satyriasis because it sheweth it selfe in the face like the ouglie face of Satyres. 1687 Chirurgorum Comes ii. xviii. 157/1 It is also called Satyriasis..: First, because Leprous persons Faces represent in Figure the Faces of the Satyrs, as they are described by Poets: for their Lips are thick, their Nose swells;..and the Tumors in the Forehead look like horns. 1765 J. Becket Venereal Dis. ii. 4 The Skin became deformed with rough, unequal Crusts, and nasty Pustules, the Eruption sometimes wearing the Shape Satyriasis, sometimes of the Elephantiasis, or Lichen. 1884 A. Lambert in Contemp. Rev. Aug. 211 Elephantiasis, Satyriasis, Leontiasis, serve only to render more vividly the real fact of uttermost misery..concealed now under the common name of Leprosy. 2012 Classical Q. New Ser. 62 870 Some assume that Horace is referring to satyriasis, a disease that, according to Aristotle, makes the face of its victims look like that of a satyr. 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