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necrophilia /nec·ro·phil·ia/ (nek″ro-fil´e-ah) sexual attraction to or sexual contact with dead bodies.
necrophilia [nek′rōfil′yə] Etymology: Gk, nekros + philein, to love 1 a morbid liking for being with dead bodies. 2 a morbid desire to have sexual contact with a dead body, usually of men to perform a sexual act with a dead woman. necrophile, necrophiliac, n. 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
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