apotemnophilia
Meaning
Noun
- A neurological 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.
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Origin
- Coined in a 1977 paper by J. Money et al. in the Journal of Sex Research,, from Ancient Greek ἀπό + τέμνω -philia.
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