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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An overpowering sexual attraction to people who use orthopaedic appliances such as leg-braces, spinal braces, plaster or fibreglass orthopedic casts, or wheelchairs. uncountable

Etymology

From abasia (“inability to walk”) + -philia.

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