algolagnia

[ al-guh-lag-nee-uh ]

/ ˌæl gəˈlæg ni ə /

noun Psychiatry.

sexual pleasure derived from enduring or inflicting pain, as in masochism or sadism.

Words nearby algolagnia

algo-, algodystrophy, algogenic, algoid, algol, algolagnia, algology, algometer, algonkian, algonkin, algonquian

Origin of algolagnia

1900–05; < German Algolagnie, equivalent to algo- algo- + -lagnie < Greek lagneía lust

OTHER WORDS FROM algolagnia

al·go·lag·nic, adjectiveal·go·lag·nist, noun

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Examples from the Web for algolagnia

I may here narrate a case which has been communicated to me of algolagnia in a woman, combined with sexual hyperesthesia.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 (of 6)|Havelock Ellis

British Dictionary definitions for algolagnia

algolagnia

/ (ˌælɡəˈlæɡnɪə) /

noun

a perversion in which sexual pleasure is gained from the experience or infliction of painSee also sadism, masochism

Derived forms of algolagnia

algolagnic, adjectivealgolagnist, noun

Word Origin for algolagnia

from ML, from Greek algos pain + lagneiā lust

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Medicine definitions for algolagnia

algolagnia

[ ăl′gō-lăg′nē-ə ]

n.

Sexual gratification derived from inflicting or experiencing pain.