apotemnophilia

noun

ap·o·tem·no·phil·ia | \ ˌa-pə-ˌtem-nō-ˈfi-lē-ə, -ˈfē-

Medical Definition of apotemnophilia

: an overwhelming or obsessive desire to have one or more healthy body parts and especially a limb removed by amputation … the characteristic findings of this fascinating disease clearly distinguish apotemnophilia as a unique paraphilia.— J. Bensler et al., The Southern Medical Journal, July 2003 Some physicians … have publicly asserted the need for formal investigation of the possible neurological underpinnings of apotemnophilia.— Annemarie Bridy, The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Spring 2004