An obsessive desire for sexual union or reproduction; excessive or pathological sexual desire.
From Greek 'gamos' (sexual union/marriage) + 'mania' (excessive desire/madness). Rare psychological or medical term, mostly historical usage.
This word from old medical textbooks shows how doctors used to pathologize normal sexual desire—it's a historical artifact of when sexuality was treated as inherently dangerous.
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