tomomania

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noun

A morbid addiction to performing or undergoing surgery.

OriginAncient Greek τέμνω →
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Meanings

nountomomania (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA morbid addiction to performing or undergoing surgery.

    And we must not leave out tomomania, that delightful complex, usually acquired by ladies who just love to be operated on by surgeons.

    1929, Plain Talk, volume 5, page 472
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    Dentists who eschew all the onerous tasks of dentistry and will do nothing except extract teeth and make dentures sometimes are guilty of tomomania.

    1951, The Journal of the Michigan State Dental Association

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekτέμνω“I cut”
  2. Englishtomomania

From Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”) + -mania.

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Chicago

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