body modification

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body modification

noun body modifications

countable, uncountable Deliberate physical alteration of the human body for aesthetic purposes, such as tattooing and piercing. Voluntary amputeeism or apotemnophilia — where the subject wishes to have a limb or appendage removed — might arguably fall within the category of radical body modification.

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@misc{body_modification_2026,
  title = {body modification},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/body%20modification},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}