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Excessive sexual desire in and behavior by a female.
Science Dictionary: nymphomania
The presence in women of abnormally powerful sexual desires.
Veterinary Dictionary: nymphomania
Behavioral state in which the female is in estrus continually or for longer periods at shorter intervals than is normal. Rectal palpation may reveal cystic follicles or there may be no detectable abnormality.
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Nimfomaniac
Like a lot of terms which originate in clinical psychology, "nymphomaniac" initially had a specific narrow meaning, but the term has taken on a broader meaning after being adopted for general use.
Originally, nymphomania refered to a situation in which a woman was obsessed with engaging in sex as often as possible, but not finding any satisfaction from it. The idea was that she was trying to use sex as a compensation for other emotional needs that were not being met, so of course the sex did not bring fulfillment. Used in that sense, it is a word associated with depression and despair.
Nowadays, the general public uses the term to simply mean a woman who likes to have sex often, and the assumption is that she is happy doing so. A man might say, "wow, I'd love to have a real nymphomaniac for a girlfriend!" But in the original use of the word, he would not really be so happy if that were the case. He would have a girlfriend with "issues."
If it's a mispelling of nymphomaniac, it refers to a female suffering from Nymphomania (basically, sex-obsessed).
The male version of the condition is Satyriasis.
The two terms Satyriasis and Nymphomania come from "Satyr" and "Nymph" respectively, and aren't actually medical terms. The PC term would be "Hypersexuality".
nymphomaniac, female obsessed with sex - bit of a sexist theory really - Ok for men to want sex all the time but not women hey!?
A spelling mistake
A nymphomaniac is someone who is obsessed with Sex.
Yeah.
what the other people said.