Usually means: Deliberate harm to one's body.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word self-mutilation:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. self-mutilation: Merriam-Webster
  2. self-mutilation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. self-mutilation, self-mutilation: Collins English Dictionary
  4. self-mutilation: Wordnik
  5. self-mutilation: Wiktionary
  6. self-mutilation: Dictionary.com
  7. Self-mutilation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. self-mutilation: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. self-mutilation: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. self-mutilation: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. self-mutilation: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  self-harm

Similar:
self-enucleation, apocarteresis, self-diagnosis, onychophagy, selfitis, body integrity identity disorder, amputee identity disorder, sitomania, helcosis, autoenucleation, more...

Opposite:
self-preservation, self-care, self-love



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Similar:
self-enucleation, apocarteresis, self-diagnosis, onychophagy, selfitis, body integrity identity disorder, amputee identity disorder, sitomania, helcosis, autoenucleation, more...

Opposite:
self-preservation, self-care, self-love



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