Meaning of furor uterinus | Babel Free
Definitions
A supposed medical disorder causing licentious urges or behaviour in women; nymphomania.
Examples
“Mrs. C—, tho' a free woman in one sense⟳ of the word, is not stimulated with any violent passions, that border⟳ upon the furor uterinus.”
“Renaissance doctors, working within the context of humoral medicine, treated furor uterinus with bleeding, purges, emetics, and a variety of herbal medicines to restore⟳ equilibrium to the body's elements.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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