noun · uncountable

apotemnophilia

Apotemnophilie

A psychological disorder characterized by the intense and long-standing desire for…A psychological disorder characterized by the intense and long-standing desire for amputation of a specific limb.

Meaning

2 senses

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

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By meaning 1

compulsion to become an amputee:

Origin

Coined in a paper in 1977 by J. Money et al. in the Journal of Sex Research,http://www.jst

Coined in a paper in 1977 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.

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