apotemnophilia
/ˌapətɛmnəˈfɪlɪə/ /əˌpɒtɪmnəˈfɪlɪə/Psychiatry
noun
A disorder characterized by the desire for amputation of a healthy part of the body, especially a limb.
Origin
1970s. From apo- + ancient Greek τέμνειν to cut + -o- + -philia.
- persifleur
- persimmon
- persist
- persistence
- persistence characteristic
- persistency
- persistent
- persistently
- persistent organic pollutant
- persistent vegetative state
- persister
- persistingly
- persistive
- persistive vegetative state
- perskeet
- perskiet
- perskit
- persnicketiness
- persnickety
- persnickitiness
- persnickityness
- person
- -person
- persona
- personable