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Nymph
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Nymph In Greek and Roman mythology, one of the minor nature goddesses personified as a beautiful maiden of river, mountain or woodland habitat.
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Nymphomania
The compulsive condition in a female of recurrent sexual intercourse with different male partners, promiscuously and without falling in love, but not as a paid prostitute or call girl. In psychiatry, a term, loosely applied to females believed to have an insatiable sexual appetite.
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Normo
A prefix meaning in conformity with a set of standards.
Normophilia
Condition of being erotosexually in conformity with the standard as-dictated by customary, religious, or legal authority.
Normophiliac
A person who manifests a normophilia.
Nosocomial
Belonging to or associated with a hospital, clinic, or other location of the practice of any branch of medicine, surgery, radiology, psychiatry, or pediatrics.
Nosology
The branch of medical science which deal with the systematic classification of diseases; 2. a scientific or theoretical system for classification of disease; 3. the characteristics of a particular disease as in a description of its syndrome.
Nymph
Nymphomania
The compulsive condition in a female of recurrent sexual intercourse with different male partners, promiscuously and without falling in love, but not as a paid prostitute or call girl. In psychiatry, a term, loosely applied to females believed to have an insatiable sexual appetite.
Nausea
The feeling of wanting to throw up (vomit).
Necrosis
Dead tissue that surrounds healthy tissue in the body.
Necrotizing enterocolitis
A condition in which part of the tissue in the intestines is destroyed; occurs mainly in under-weight newborn babies; a temporary ileostomy may be necessary.
Needle biopsy
Biopsy procedure in which a small sample of tissue is removed through a hollow needle.
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Nymphomania
The compulsive condition in a female of recurrent sexual intercourse with different male partners, promiscuously and without falling in love, but not as a paid prostitute or call girl. In psychiatry, a term, loosely applied to females believed to have an insatiable sexual appetite.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Normo
A prefix meaning in conformity with a set of standards.
Normophilia
Condition of being erotosexually in conformity with the standard as-dictated by customary, religious, or legal authority.
Normophiliac
A person who manifests a normophilia.
Nosocomial
Belonging to or associated with a hospital, clinic, or other location of the practice of any branch of medicine, surgery, radiology, psychiatry, or pediatrics.
Nosology
The branch of medical science which deal with the systematic classification of diseases; 2. a scientific or theoretical system for classification of disease; 3. the characteristics of a particular disease as in a description of its syndrome.
Nymph
Nymphomania
The compulsive condition in a female of recurrent sexual intercourse with different male partners, promiscuously and without falling in love, but not as a paid prostitute or call girl. In psychiatry, a term, loosely applied to females believed to have an insatiable sexual appetite.
Nausea
The feeling of wanting to throw up (vomit).
Necrosis
Dead tissue that surrounds healthy tissue in the body.
Necrotizing enterocolitis
A condition in which part of the tissue in the intestines is destroyed; occurs mainly in under-weight newborn babies; a temporary ileostomy may be necessary.
Needle biopsy
Biopsy procedure in which a small sample of tissue is removed through a hollow needle.
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