Erethism definition

Erethism

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WordNet

(1) An abnormally high degree of irritability or sensitivity to stimulation of an organ or body part

WiktionaryText

From éréthisme, from , from ‘to irritate’.

Abnormal excitement of a bodily organ or tissue.
Any unusual or morbid over-excitement.
- 1978: Since the eighteenth century, sex has not ceased to provoke a kind of generalized discursive erethism. — Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality Volume I, trans. Robert Hurley (Penguin 1978, p. 32)