English Dictionary

erethism

/ˈɛɹɪθɪzəm/

noun

(pathology) Abnormal excitement of a bodily organ or tissue. / Any unusual or morbid overexcitement. / A neurological disorder arising from mercury poisoning, leading to irritability, depression, etc.

The erethism in the room was palpable.

意味（1）

(pathology) Abnormal excitement of a bodily organ or tissue.

意味（2）

Any unusual or morbid overexcitement.

Since the eighteenth century, sex has not ceased to provoke a kind of generalized discursive erethism.

意味（3）

A neurological disorder arising from mercury poisoning, leading to irritability, depression, etc.