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語源

From French éréthisme, from Ancient Greek ἐρεθισμός (erethismós), from ἐρεθίζειν (erethízein, “to irritate”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈɛɹɪθɪzəm/

名詞

erethism (countable and uncountable, plural erethisms)

1. (pathology) Abnormal excitement of a bodily organ or tissue.
2. 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.

3. A neurological disorder arising from mercury poisoning, leading to irritability, depression, etc.

   Synonyms: erethism mercurialis, mad hatter disease, mad hatter syndrome

派生語

関連する語

• erethistic
• erethic

アナグラム

• etherism