apotemnophilia

Meanings

Noun

A psychological disorder characterized by the intense and long-standing desire for amputation of a specific limb.
A compulsion to become, or appear to be, an amputee.

Origin / Etymology

Coined in a 1977 paper by J. Money et al. in the Journal of Sex Research,http://www.jstor.org/pss/3811894, from Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, “away”) + τέμνω (témnō, “cut”) + -philia.

Antonyms

apotemnophobia

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