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from The Century Dictionary.

Having the property of extinguishing or lessening the sexual appetite; anaphrodisiac; antivenereal.
noun A medicine or an application that extinguishes or lessens the sexual appetite; an anaphrodisiac.
noun Also written anti-aphrodisiac.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

adjective (Med.) Capable of blunting the venereal appetite.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

adjective Capable of reducing the sex drive.
noun A substance capable of reducing the sex drive.

Etymologies

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ant- +‎ aphrodisiac

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(The Water Lily Tribe.) This order is generally considered antaphrodisiac, sedative, and narcotic.

Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs 1863
_ Camphor had a high reputation as an antaphrodisiac. cf.

The Works of Aphra Behn Volume IV. Aphra Behn 1664

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