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Webster 1913 Edition

(ôr′găz’m)

Noun.

[F.

orgasme

; cf. Gr.

ὀργασμόσ

a kneading, softening, prob. confused with

ὀργᾶν

to swell, especially with lust; to feel an ardent desire.]

(Physiol.)

Eager or immoderate excitement or action; the state of turgescence of any organ; erethism.

Noun.

[Gr. to swell; to irritate.]

Immoderate excitement or action; as the orgasm of the blood or spirits.