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A condition in which inanimate objects are utilized as a preferred or exclusive method of stimulating erotic arousal.
Entry Term(s)
Fetishism (Psychiatric)
NLM Classification #
WM 610
Public MeSH Note
2020; was FETISHISM (PSYCHIATRIC) 1991-2019; see PARAPHILIAS 1981-1990; see SEX DEVIATION 1968-1980
History Note
2020 (1975); was FETISHISM (PSYCHIATRIC) 1991-2019; was indexed under PARAPHILIAS 1981-1990; was indexed under SEX DEVIATION 1975-1980; use SEX DEVIATION 1968-1974