APHRODISIA

An Illustrated Encyclopaedic Medical Dictionary · 1891 · p. 2

(Lat.), n., f. or n. pl. of adj. aphrodisius. Gr., Adpodiora (from ‘Adposirn [See AprnoniTE]). Fr., aphrodisie. 1. Venery, sexual pleasures, [Hippo crates (A, 311).J 2 Venereal desire, éspecially when immoderate. [G. Tourdes (L, 87).] 3. The pudenda. [A,311.] 4. Coitus. {Hippo crates (L, 53).]