Etymology

apotemnophilia

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Today it means: A psychological disorder characterized by the intense and long-standing desire for amputation of a specific limb. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἀπό
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀπό“away”
  2. English todayapotemnophilia

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.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἀπό all →

apocopationapohermapotemnophobiaosseoaponeurotic

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