apotemnophilia

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Definition of apotemnophilia in English English dictionary

A compulsion to become, or appear to be, an amputee

Antonyms

apotemnophobia

Etymology

() Coined in a 1977 paper by J. Money et al. in the Journal of Sex Research,, from Ancient Greek ἀπό (apo-, “away”) + τέμνω (temno) +‎ -philia.