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asphyxiaphilia:

Or: asphyxiophilia , a paraphilia in which sexuoerotic arousal and orgasm are dependent on or facilitated by the lack of oxygen produced by self-strangulation or from being strangulated or asphyxiated by a sexual partner , up to, but not including, the loss of consciousness. Asphyxiaphilia is a paraphilia of the sacrificial/expiatory type.
Etymology: From the Greek asphyxia , no pulse, and philia , atachment to.
Synonyms: erotic-self-strangulation ; hypoxyphilia ; strangulation-fetish .
See also: autoerotic-death ; autoerotic-strangulation ; breath-control ; rasper ; scarfing ; sexual-asphyxia .
See Also: asphyxiaphilia, asphyxiophilia, autoerotic asphyxia, autoerotic asphyxiation, autoerotic strangulation, breath control, erotic self-strangulation, rasper, scarfing, sexual asphyxia, strangulation fetish

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