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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).
Synonyms: algophilia.
Origin: algo-+ G. Lagneia, lust
(05 Mar 2000)
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