Exhibitionism: A morbid compulsion to expose a part of the body, especially the genitals, with the intent of provoking sexual interest in the viewer.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Exhibitionism: A disorder in which fantasies about or the act of exposing the genitals to an unsuspecting stranger produces sexual excitement with no attempt at further sexual activity with the stranger.
Source: MeSH 2007
Exhibitionism: Type of or association with medical condition Paraphilias.
»Introduction: Paraphilias
Exhibitionism: Exhibitionism is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:
Paraphilias (medical condition): A psychiatric disorder that is characterised by sexual urges and inappropriate sexual behaviour
Paraphilias (medical condition): Sexual disorders where the patient has sexual urges that are not socially acceptable such as sexual arousal involving non-consenting partners, partners who are suffering or being humiliated (simulated or real) or through the use of an object. Pedophilia, fetishism and sexual sadism are examples of paraphilia.
The following list attempts to classify Exhibitionism into categories where each line is subset of the next.
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