Apotemnophilia
noun
s-xual desire for an amputee or to have one’s own healthy limb amputated; also called amputation fetish
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apotemnophile n
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the fruit of certain lichens and fungi: usually an open, saucer-shaped or cup-shaped body, the inner surface of which is covered with a layer that bears asci. historical examples tuck., with much stronger, darker thallus and apothecia on the whole larger. ohio biological survey, bull. 10, vol. 11, no. 6 bruce fink and leafy j. […]
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