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acrotomophilia

acrotomophilia noun: a paraphilia involving sexual attraction toward amputees.

Noun

acrotomophilia (uncountable)

  1. A paraphilia involving sexual attraction toward amputees.
    • You have to already be afflicted with the syndrome of acrotomophilia (which has its genesis in childhood) in order to be turned-on by amputation stumps.1985, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice, Effect of pornography on women and children
    • Although there is no adequate explanation of the etiology of acrotomophilia, evidence points to a developmental onset in early childhood...1987, Psychological abstracts, volume 74

Origin of acrotomophilia

From the Ancient Greek ἀκρότομος (akrótomos, “having the top cut off”) + φιλία (philía).

Questions about acrotomophilia

What does acrotomophilia mean?
Acrotomophilia means a paraphilia involving sexual attraction toward amputees.
What part of speech is acrotomophilia?
Acrotomophilia is a noun.

Words near acrotomophilia in the dictionary

  1. acroters
  2. acrothoracican
  3. acrothoracicans
  4. acrotism
  5. acrotomophile
  6. acrotomophilia
  7. acrotomophilic
  8. acrotonous
  9. acrotrichial
  10. acrotrichium
  11. acrotrophic

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