apotemnophilia

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A psychological disorder characterized by the intense and long-standing desire for amputation of a specific limb. uncountable
  2. A compulsion to become, or appear to be, an amputee. uncountable
    — This paper seeks to present information on apotemnophilia. It points out the need of a man to have a healthy leg amputated, despite the fact that he cannot find a surgeon who will do so.

词汇关系

衍生词
apotemnophilic

词源

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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