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satyriasis
1. Satyromania; excessive sexual excitement and behavior in the male; the counterpart of nymphomania in the female. Synonym: satyrism.
2. A swollen state of the genital organs, a disease in which the bones near the temples are elongated so as to be like a Satyr's horns.

There are some psychiatrists who now use the term, hypersexuality, which describes a desire for human sexual behavior at levels high enough to be considered clinically significant.

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