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Dec 30, 2003 07:50
20 yrs ago
English term

a word affixed with '-philia'

English Medical
a word ends with "philia", the initial is "C"; it's a psychlogical case i think. i just wanted to look it up but i forgot it! HELP
Responses
4 +4 claustrophilia
4 +3 love/affection/affinity for sg.
2 +4 chronophilia, chrematistofilia, catheterophilia, canophilia
3 +2 coprophilia
1 +1 colpophilia
1 a slight variation

Discussion

Richard Benham Dec 30, 2003:
Are you doing a crossword?
Non-ProZ.com Dec 30, 2003:
solution ok, would you provide all what u got of similar words end with "philia"?
Linda Switten Dec 30, 2003:
Do you know what the word describes? Which psychological case? A psychological case doesn't really narrow it down.
Non-ProZ.com Dec 30, 2003:
sorry no, not claustrophilia, i'm sorry i know it's confusing!
Non-ProZ.com Dec 30, 2003:
sorry no, not claustrophilia, i'm sorry i know it's confusing!

Responses

+4
7 mins
Selected

claustrophilia

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SOED

claustrophilia: irrational desire to be enclosed within a confined place

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coprophilia

an undue interest in faeces and defecation

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last possibility (though not a psychological term) is \'canophilia\'

SOED

canophilia: affection for dogs

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one more term (again not a psychological term) \'chromatophilia\'


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Dorland\'s Illustrated Medical Dictionary

calciphilia: a tendency to absorb calcium salts from the blood and thus to become calcified.

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What about Cephilia, Goddess of the Weakened Heart (in a game I suppose)


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Catheterophilia, Chasmophilia, Cheimaphilia, Chinophilia,
Choreophilia, Chrematistophilia, Chrysophilia, Climacophilia, etc.

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sorry, \'chinophilia\' does not exist

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but chionophila
and catagelophilia, coprophilia, crurophilia

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typo: chionophilia
Peer comment(s):
agree Alex Zelkind (X) : Absolutely
11 mins
Thanks.
agree Alexandra Tussing
2 days 20 hrs
Thanks.
agree shebnem
3 days 3 hrs
agree fount
3 days 14 hrs
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+2
9 mins

coprophilia

another possibility
Peer comment(s):
agree J. Leo (X) : Feces as sexually arousing - the only 'c-philia' listed in the APA's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-IV-TR (latest edition). Unless 'klismaphilia' (arousal involving enemas) was misspelled.
2 hrs
Thanks
agree Alexandra Tussing
2 days 20 hrs
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+3
54 mins

love/affection/affinity for sg.

I have no idea what you "forgot" (other than how to spell), but the "-philia" affix means love/affection/affinity for something (from the Greek word for friendship); the number of diseases starting with a C is quite overwhelming.
Good luck...
A few examples not mentioned here before:
calciphilia, chromatophilia, chromophilia..
Peer comment(s):
neutral Richard Benham : You have provided a perfect answer to the wrong question.
3 mins
Thanks, Richard. I assume your "neutral" grade would've been an "agree" in case of a better question. ;)
agree Fuad Yahya
8 hrs
agree Refugio
13 hrs
agree Nado2002
18 hrs
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+4
22 mins

chronophilia, chrematistofilia, catheterophilia, canophilia

I tried searching for "c philia" on the net and came up with these...

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How about cinephilia? Love for cinema...
Reference:

www.howtohavegoodsex.com/dc.htm - 35k

www.panikon.com/phurba/alteng/c.html - 41k

Peer comment(s):
agree Richard Benham : Good work. ADD: Canophilia mixes Latin and Greek. Better is all-Greek cynophilia: getting off on sex with dogs, but also the name of a Dutch dog club. (Google it!)
1 min
Thank you, Richard.
agree Linda Switten
6 mins
Thanks.
agree Rahi Moosavi
55 mins
neutral Ildiko Santana : How sad is that...
1 hr
Absolutely. I prefer cinephilia
agree Alexandra Tussing : It's sp sad, it's funny...
2 days 20 hrs
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+1
25 mins

colpophilia

I've been accused of this one.

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OH and \"chrematopilia\" is love of money. Even more common than colpophilia.

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Callipygophilia is being attracted to a good rear end....
Peer comment(s):
neutral sarahl (X) : you could do worse. how's the... anatomy?
52 mins
Do worse than what? Colpophilia or chrematophilia? As for your question, I'm sitting on that one.
agree Laurel Porter (X) : Hm, colpophilia, eh? I have to admit I had to look it up - as opposed to looking up it, of course. ;-)
9 hrs
Keep it clean!
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11 days

a slight variation

You don't mean 'choreophrasia', do you? -meaningless repetition of words or phrases
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