necrophilia

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necrophilia

 [nek″ro-fil´e-ah]

sexual attraction to or sexual contact with dead bodies.

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nec·ro·phil·i·a

, necrophilism (nek'rō-fil'ē-ă, nĕ-krof'i-lizm),

1. A morbid fondness for being in the presence of dead bodies.

2. The impulse to have sexual contact, or the act of such contact, with a dead body, usually of men with female corpses.

[necro- + G. phileō, to love]

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necrophilia

(nĕk′rə-fĭl′ē-ə) also

necroph′ilism

(nĭ-krōf′ə-lĭz′əm, nĕ-)

n.

1. Obsessive fascination with death and corpses.

2. The deriving of sexual gratification from fantasies or acts involving a corpse.

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nec′ro·phil′i·ac′ (-ē-ăk′) adj. & n.

nec′ro·phile′ (-fīl′) n.

nec′ro·phil′ic (-fĭl′ĭk) adj.

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Sexuoeroticism that hinges on fantasies about or actual sexual interactions with a corpse; the fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviours cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning

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necrophilia

 Psychiatry A paraphilia in which sexuoerotism requires a corpse, which may involve engaging in sexual activity with same; the fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning; getting a stiffie with a stiff

McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

nec·ro·phil·i·a

, necrophilism (nek'rō-fil'ē-ă, nĕ-krof'i-lizm)

1. A morbid fondness for being in the presence of dead bodies.

2. The impulse to have sexual contact, or the act of such contact, with a dead body, usually of males with female corpses.

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necrophilia

The desire for, or practice of, sexual intercourse with a dead person. This somewhat limiting propensity is described as a psychosexual disorder (paraphilia) in which arousal is possible only if the object of sexual interest is dead.

Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

nec·ro·phil·i·a

, necrophilism (nek'rō- fil'ē-ă, nĕ-krof'i-lizm)

Impulse to have sexu al contact, or the act of such contact, with a dead body, usually involving men with female corpses.

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