limerence

n. an intense sexual desire and a strong concern for the other person in a romantic relationship, accompanied by great sensitivity to how that other person is reacting to oneself. Limerence typically diminishes in intensity a month or two after the relationship is formed. See also passionate love; romantic love. [first described in 1979 by U.S. psychologist Dorothy Tennov (1928–2007)]

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February 11th 2025

autonomic ganglia

the ganglia of the autonomic nervous system. They include the two chains of sympathetic ganglia (see sympathetic chain) and the more peripheral parasympathetic ganglia (see parasympathetic nervous system).