Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A paraphilia in which sexual gratification is derived from fantasies or acts involving an amputee.
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- noun psychology A
paraphilia involvingsexual attraction towardamputees .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He distinguished apotemnophilia from "acrotomophilia" — a sexual attraction to amputees.
A New Way to Be Mad 2000
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He distinguished apotemnophilia from "acrotomophilia" — a sexual attraction to amputees.
A New Way to Be Mad 2000
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But I had never heard of apotemnophilia or acrotomophilia before the Falkirk story broke.
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But I had never heard of apotemnophilia or acrotomophilia before the Falkirk story broke.
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Nattress, who surveyed fifty people with acrotomophilia (he prefers the term "amelotasis") for a 1996 doctoral dissertation, says that much the same is true for devotees.
A New Way to Be Mad 2000
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Reviewing the medical literature, one might conclude that apotemnophilia and acrotomophilia are extremely rare.
A New Way to Be Mad 2000
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Reviewing the medical literature, one might conclude that apotemnophilia and acrotomophilia are extremely rare.
A New Way to Be Mad 2000
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Nattress, who surveyed fifty people with acrotomophilia (he prefers the term "amelotasis") for a 1996 doctoral dissertation, says that much the same is true for devotees.
A New Way to Be Mad 2000
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