necromania

necromania
1. A morbid tendency to dwell with longing on death. 2. A morbid attraction to dead bodies. [necro- + G. mania, frenzy]

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n.
morbid desire for a dead body or bodies. This may be necrophilism, but the attraction is sometimes not sexual. A bereaved person, for instance, who is not grieving normally, may occasionally treasure the body of a loved one.

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nec·ro·ma·nia (nek″ro-maґne-ə) [necro- + -mania] pathological preoccupation with dead bodies.

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