anaphrodisiacadj.n.
Med.
A. adj.
That diminishes sexual appetite.
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1823 Paris & Fonbl. Med. Jurispr. I. 209 The anaphrodisiac powers of camphor were long believed.
B. n.
A drug having this tendency; an antaphrodisiac.
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1865 Farre Mat. Med. 587 Drastic cathartics act as anaphrodisiacs.
1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 146 Stadion claims that digitalis..may be regarded as a true anaphrodisiac.
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