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Definition of Algolagnia
1. Noun. Sexual pleasure derived from inflicting or experiencing pain.
Definition of Algolagnia
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Medical Definition of Algolagnia
1. Form of sexual perversion in which the infliction or the experiencing of pain increases the pleasure of the sexual act or causes sexual pleasure independent of the act; includes both sadism (active algolagnia) and masochism (passive algolagnia). Synonym: algophilia. Origin: algo-+ G. Lagneia, lust (05 Mar 2000)