tomomania
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”) + -mania.
Noun edit
tomomania (uncountable)
- A morbid addiction to performing or undergoing surgery.
- 1929, Plain Talk, volume 5, page 472:
- And we must not leave out tomomania, that delightful complex, usually acquired by ladies who just love to be operated on by surgeons.
- 1951, The Journal of the Michigan State Dental Association:
- Dentists who eschew all the onerous tasks of dentistry and will do nothing except extract teeth and make dentures sometimes are guilty of tomomania.