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clinophilia

clinophilia noun: the love of beds.

Noun

clinophilia (uncountable)

  1. The love of beds.
  2. The love of going to bed.
  3. In psychiatry: Tendency to maintain a reclining position.
  4. Somnophilia (the love of going to sleep and/or dream).

Origin of clinophilia

From clino- + -philia.

Questions about clinophilia

What does clinophilia mean?
Clinophilia means the love of beds.
What part of speech is clinophilia?
Clinophilia is a noun.

Words near clinophilia in the dictionary

  1. clinometry
  2. clinomimetite
  3. clinomorphism
  4. clinoorthostatic
  5. clinopathological
  6. clinophilia
  7. clinophobia
  8. clinophosinaite
  9. clinopinacoid
  10. clinopinacoidal
  11. clinopinacoids

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