Amputeeism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being an amputee. uncountable

    "Voluntary amputeeism or apotemnophilia — where the subject wishes to have a limb or appendage removed — might arguably fall within the category of radical body modification."

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"Voluntary amputeeism or apotemnophilia — where the subject wishes to have a limb or appendage removed — might arguably fall within the category of radical body modification."

Etymology

From amputee + -ism.

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