ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Tomomania

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Tomomania is a noun meaning A morbid addiction to performing or undergoing surgery.

Meaning

A morbid addiction to performing or undergoing surgery.

Example Sentences

And we must not leave out tomomania, that delightful complex, usually acquired by ladies who just love to be operated on by surgeons.
Dentists who eschew all the onerous tasks of dentistry and will do nothing except extract teeth and make dentures sometimes are guilty of tomomania.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sitomania, xenomelia, oniomania, sitiomania, nosomania, apotemnophilia.

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