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dysmorphophilia

dysmorphophilia noun: sexual arousal arising from deformed, mentally impaired, or physically impaired partners.

Noun

dysmorphophilia (uncountable)

  1. Sexual arousal arising from deformed, mentally impaired, or physically impaired partners.

Origin of dysmorphophilia

From Greek dysmorphos (= badly formed) + philia (= love).

Questions about dysmorphophilia

What does dysmorphophilia mean?
Dysmorphophilia means sexual arousal arising from deformed, mentally impaired, or physically impaired partners.
What part of speech is dysmorphophilia?
Dysmorphophilia is a noun.

Words near dysmorphophilia in the dictionary

  1. dysmorphologist
  2. dysmorphologists
  3. dysmorphology
  4. dysmorphometric
  5. dysmorphometry
  6. dysmorphophilia
  7. dysmorphophobia
  8. dysmorphophobias
  9. dysmorphophobic
  10. dysmorphosis
  11. dysmotile

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