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nec·ro·phil·i·a    Audio Help   [nek-ruh-fil-ee-uh] Pronunciation Key
–noun Psychiatry.
an erotic attraction to corpses.
[Origin: 1890–95; < NL; see necro-, -philia]

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nec·ro·phile    Audio Help   [nek-ruh-fahyl] Pronunciation Key, noun
nec·ro·phil·i·ac    Audio Help   [nek-ruh-fil-ee-ak] Pronunciation Key, nec·ro·phil·ic, adjective, noun
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nec·ro·phil·i·a    Audio Help   (něk'rə-fĭl'ē-ə)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Obsessive fascination with death and corpses.
  2. Erotic attraction to or sexual contact with corpses.

nec'ro·phil'i·ac' (-ē-āk') adj. & n., nec'ro·phile' (-fīl') n., nec'ro·phil'ic (-fĭl'ĭk) adj.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
necrophilia 
1892, in Chaddock's translation of Krafft-Ebbing's "Psychopathia Sexualis," from necro- + philia.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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necrophilia

noun
an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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nec·ro·phil·i·a (nkr-fl-)
n.

  1. An abnormal fondness for being in the presence of dead bodies. Also called necromania.
  2. Sexual contact with or erotic desire for dead bodies.
necro·phili·ac (--k) adj. & n.

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Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: nec·ro·phil·ia
Pronunciation: "nek-r&-'fil-E-&
Function: noun
: obsession with and usually erotic interest in or stimulation by corpses

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.

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