richard, baron von krafft-ebing

Krafft-E·bing

[kraft-eb-ing, krahft-; German krahft-ey-bingk]
noun
Rich·ard [rich-erd; German rikh-ahrt] , Baron von, 1840–1902, German neurologist and author of works on sexual pathology.
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Krafft-Ebing (German ˈkraftˈeːbɪŋ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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Richard (ˈrɪçart), Baron von Krafft-Ebing. 1840--1902, German neurologist and psychiatrist who pioneered the systematic study of sexual behaviour in Psychopathia Sexualis (1886)

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