| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| anaphrodisia |
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| SYLLABICATION: | an·aph·ro·dis·i·a |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n-f r -d z  -, -dzh |
| NOUN: | Decline or absence of sexual desire. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Greek anaphrod si , want of power to inspire love : an-, without; see a–1 + aphrodsi, sexual pleasures; see aphrodisiac. | | OTHER FORMS: | an·aphro·disi·ac (n-fr-dz-k) —ADJECTIVE & NOUN
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