(ăp″ō-tĕm″nō-fēl′ē-ă)
[Pronunciation]
[Gr. apo, away, + temnein, to cut, + philein, to love]
A form of paraphilia characterized by the individual requesting amputation of an extremity for erotic reasons.
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