erethism /ˈɛɹɪθɪzəm/ noun3 •Abnormal excitement of a bodily organ or tissue. •Any unusual or morbid overexcitement.Since the eighteenth century, sex has not ceased to provoke a kind of generalized discursive erethism. — 1978 •A neurological disorder arising from mercury poisoning, leading to irritability, depression, etc. formserethisms