increased libido high libido frequent libido obsolete medical term nymphomania 157.7 302.89 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDDRA/10056297 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/14883001 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1436099 F52.8 An historical term for extremely marked, frequent, and/or increased libido observed in women. This term is outdated and pathologizing and is not recognized as a specific disorder in the DSM, with the term hypersexuality preferred. As historian Carol Groneman notes "Nymphomania conjures up madness while Don Juanism hints of nobility and Spanish courts … 'Men are less stigmatized by this behavior… for all it’s apparent openness, our society doesn’t yet loudly applaud a fully sexual woman". And as clinical support worker and addiction professional Robert Weiss argued "[nymphomania is] an antiquated and demeaning word used to denigrate women. It is not a medical or psychiatric diagnosis, and it is certainly not helpful to anyone". clitoromania estromania nymphomaniac nymphomania satyriasis andromania Messalina complex The Encyclopedia of Unusual Sex Practices