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libido
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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2009
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li·bi·do
/ ləˈbēdō/
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n.
(pl. -dos)
sexual desire:
loss of libido
a deficient libido.
∎ Psychoanalysis
the energy of the sexual drive as a component of the life instinct.
DERIVATIVES:
li·bid·i·nal
/ -ˈbidn-əl/ adj.
li·bid·i·nal·ly
/ -ˈbidn-əlē/ adv.
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Relationship between loss of libido and signs and symptoms of depression in a sample of Puerto Rican middle-aged women.(OB/GYN SECTION)
Magazine article from: Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal; 3/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...psicologicos e interpersonales. La perdida de libido o deseo sexual, sintoma de una de las...estudio fue determinar como la perdida de libido es afectada por signos y sintomas de depresion...asociaciones bivariadas entre la perdida de libido y las caracteristicas demograficas, estilos...
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When Your Sex Drives Don't Match: Discover Your Libido Types to Create a Mutually Satisfying Sex Life
Magazine article from: Contemporary Sexuality; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...styles, there are different libido types. Hence, rather than...mismatch between different libido types. As a sex therapist...erotic fingerprint, and that libidos come in more shapes and sizes...this book. The categories of libido are put forth tentatively and...
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COLUMN: Women: protect your libidos
News Wire article from: University Wire; 9/26/2002; ; 689 words
; ...and promises your little libido a night of ecstasy, but the...ll be gone - and you're libido will be gone with him. Care for your libidos, ladies. Don't give them...man. And if one day, your libido is gone, wait patiently for...
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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PILL EFFECTS; Why your libido may suffer permanent..(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 5/26/2005; 700+ words
; ...Scientists say this indicates their libidos may be lowered for good. Dr...about the Pill's effects on libido first surfaced 15 years ago...When we see women with low libidos one of the first things we...notice a difference in their libido, but the idea that it's...
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Libido-testosterone link questioned: in a study, only 6% of men reporting low libido had total serum testosterone levels below 200 ng/dL.(decreased sexual desire)
Magazine article from: Renal & Urology News; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...and it is commonly believed that reduced libido reflects declines in testosterone...the association between testosterone and libido," said lead author Thomas Travison...in Watertown, Mass. "While reduced libido is among the more common symptoms of low...
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 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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vital: SEX OFTEN DRIVES US APART; WANTING IT TOO MUCH OR IN UNUSUAL WAYS .. WITH 10 TYPES OF LIBIDO, MEETING YOUR MATCH IS NO SURE THING. HERE, LEARN YOUR PERFECT BLEND.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 3/3/2008; 700+ words
; ...in your relationship, working out your libido type could be the key to finding harmony...that there is no "normal" or "right" libido. She said: "There's no special number...man are at odds in the bedroom, your libido type may be the problem. "There are...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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NOT IN THE MOOD AUTHOR HELPS WOMEN RECLAIM FLAGGING LIBIDOS.(Spotlight on Health & Fitness)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 11/3/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Ferrare says she's lost her libido at age 47, women start to...know why, and they want their libidos back. Last winter former model...that she had reclaimed her libido thanks to Today show medical...discussion for women with decreased libido. ``I don't think women...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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For a lady's libido, her very own 'Viagra'.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 11/17/2009; 700+ words
; ...a woman's brain to restore flagging libido could be on sale within two years. Women...a quarter of women suffering from low libido, it is predicted to be at least as successful...involving almost 2,000 women with low libido, or hypoactive sexual desire disorder...
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Q&A: how can I naturally liven up my libido?(triple take)(Interview)
Magazine article from: Delicious Living; 2/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...historically have been used to boost libido or to get someone interested...interfere with erections or libido. Though many variables come...drink in an hour could decrease libido. In terms of herbs that help...both partners have declining libidos and it's not an issue between...
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New treatment, LIBIDO, to be subject of largest study ever on reduced sexual desire.
Business Wire; 11/2/1995; 700+ words
; ...conference that the substance, called LIBIDO, had been tested in Norway and that the...the results of two Norwegian trials on LIBIDO and will conduct an extensive, multi...America. The North American trial of LIBIDO, an oral agent made of chicken egg extract...
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Libido
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
LIBIDO Freud defined the term libido psychoanalytically in an addition, written in 1915, to Three...Theory of Sexuality (1905d): "We have defined the concept of libido as a quantitatively variable force which could serve as a measure...
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libido
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
libido Libido, like so many words associated with the sexual sphere, has a variety...various remedies are advertised as the surest way to revive a flagging libido, even perhaps incorporating ‘libido’ in the name...
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Ego-Libido/Object-Libido
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
EGO-LIBIDO/OBJECT-LIBIDO In "On Narcissism: An Introduction," Freud introduced a major modification in psychoanalytic theory, particularly in libido theory, by making a distinction between two forms of libidinal cathexis...
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Abraham, Karl (1877-1925)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
...to the study of the development of the libido, including Versuch einer Entwicklungsgeschichte der Libido auf Frund der Psychoanalyse seelischer...A Short Study of the Development of the Libido Viewed in the Light of Mental Disorders...
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Hypochondria
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
...1914c), Freud revised his account of hypochondria in light of his theory that the libido is divided into the object-libido and the (narcissistic) ego-libido. He placed (bodily) ego-libido, the realm of hypochondriacal anxiety, in opposition...
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