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English
Etymology
From French éréthisme, from Ancient Greek ἐρεθισμός (erethismós), from ἐρεθίζειν (erethízein, “to irritate”).
Pronunciation
Noun
erethism (countable and uncountable, plural erethisms)
- (pathology) Abnormal excitement of a bodily organ or tissue.
- Any unusual or morbid overexcitement.
1978, Robert Hurley, translated by Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality Volume I, Penguin, page 32:Since the eighteenth century, sex has not ceased to provoke a kind of generalized discursive erethism.
- A neurological disorder arising from mercury poisoning, leading to irritability, depression, etc.
- Synonyms: erethism mercurialis, mad hatter disease, mad hatter syndrome
Translations
pathology: abnormal excitement of organ or tissue
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