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(noun) - (1) A disease incident to virgins.
--Noah Webster's Compendious Dictionary of the English Language, 1806
(2) A disease in which the person has a sickly paleness, with a green tinge of the complexion, chiefly confined to unmarried females.
--James Stormonth's Dictionary of the English Language, 1884
(3) The principal means to be employed in the cure of this disease are gentle exercise in the open air, with nutritious and rather stimulating diet, sea-bathing, and agreeable society.
--Leo de Colange's Zell's Popular Encyclopedia, 1871
January 16, 2018