mysophilia

[mahy-suh-fil-ee-uh]

noun Psychiatry.

a pathological attraction to dirt or filth.

Origin of mysophilia

1955–60; < New Latin, equivalent to myso- (< Greek mýsos filth) + -philia -philia

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mysophilia in Medicine

mysophilia

[mī′sə-fĭl′ē-ə]

n.

A pathological interest in dirt and filth, sometimes with sexual manifestations.

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