Acrotomophilia

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A paraphilia involving sexual attraction toward amputees. uncountable

    "You have to already be afflicted with the syndrome of acrotomophilia (which has its genesis in childhood) in order to be turned-on by amputation stumps."

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apotemnophilia

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"You have to already be afflicted with the syndrome of acrotomophilia (which has its genesis in childhood) in order to be turned-on by amputation stumps."

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ἀκρότομος (akrótomos, “having the top cut off”) + φιλία (philía).

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