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abasiophilia

abasiophilia noun: an overpowering sexual attraction to people who use orthopaedic appliances such as leg-braces, spinal braces, plaster or fibreglass orthopedic casts, or wheelchairs.

Noun

abasiophilia (uncountable)

  1. An overpowering sexual attraction to people who use orthopaedic appliances such as leg-braces, spinal braces, plaster or fibreglass orthopedic casts, or wheelchairs.

Origin of abasiophilia

From abasia (“inability to walk”) + -philia.

Questions about abasiophilia

What does abasiophilia mean?
Abasiophilia means an overpowering sexual attraction to people who use orthopaedic appliances such as leg-braces, spinal braces, plaster or fibreglass orthopedic casts, or wheelchairs.
What part of speech is abasiophilia?
Abasiophilia is a noun.

Words near abasiophilia in the dictionary

  1. abasias
  2. abasic
  3. abasically
  4. abasing
  5. abasingly
  6. abasiophilia
  7. abasis
  8. abask
  9. Abaspour
  10. abassi
  11. Abassia

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