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-lagnia
Morbid sexual arousal.
Greek lagneia, lust.
These are principally technical terms in psychiatry. Examples include urolagnia (Greek ouron, urine), a tendency to derive sexual pleasure from the sight or thought of urination; algolagnia (Greek algos, pain), desire for sexual gratification through inflicting pain on oneself or others; coprolagnia (Greek kopros, dung), sexual arousal by the thought or sight of feces.
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