automanipulationn.
/ˌɔːtə(ʊ)məˌnɪpjᵿˈleɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌɔdoʊməˌnɪpjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌɔdəməˌnɪpjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌɑdoʊməˌnɪpjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌɑdəməˌnɪpjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ 1.
a. Medicine. Manipulation of a part of one's own body; esp. reduction of a hernia or dislocation by oneself.
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1873 Med. Rec. 15 May 233/2 He had consequently omitted any further auto-manipulation and came to the city in March for relief, demanding a new operation.
1875 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1 May 576/1 Some patients, with the view of avoiding an operation, employ an unjustifiable amount of force in their endeavour to put back the rupture. In dealing with any individual case, the surgeon should take this automanipulation into consideration.
1889 Ann. & Trans. Brit. Homœopathic Soc. 11 395 I had always heard that arterial excitement, and not absorption, would be the result of auto-manipulation.
1948 Lancet 17 Jan. 95/2 This is regarded as an example of ‘procaine effect’—i.e., auto-manipulation.
1996 Daily Tel. 30 Apr. 18/6 I reassured him that this was an unusual example of auto-manipulation, but suggested that next time he might find an osteopath cheaper.
b. Psychology and Medicine. spec. = masturbation n. 1. Cf. self-stimulation n. 1.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > masturbation > [noun]
onanism1600
masturbation1603
mastupration1616
self-pollution1619
self-abuse1718
manustupration1728
self-stimulation1860
jerking1889
friggingc1890
autoeroticism1898
autoerotism1898
automanipulation1920
pocket billiards1940
wanking1944
1920 Med. Rev. of Reviews 26 289/1 What is the origin of the use of the term onanism as a synonym for masturbation?..It would seem that even some of the lexicographers had the notion that Onan's act was auto-manipulation.
1959 W. H. Masters in Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 83 310 The response to automanipulation was a strong orgasmic experience.
1982 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 2 Jan. 39/2 The health risks of indiscriminate intercourse far outweigh those of automanipulation.
2005 J. M. Irvine Disorders of Desire (rev. ed.) 64 Most unmarried volunteers participated in the less controversial ‘automanipulation’.
2. Psychology. Repeated fingering of the face, hair, or other part of the body, or of a small object, esp. as a signifier of social stress or anxiety in children.
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1969 W. C. McGrew in Proc. 2nd Internat. Congr. Primatol. I. 155 Auto-manipulation. This category is tentatively divided into finger and fumble. Fingering is the use of the fingers, particularly thumb and index, to manipulate part of one's body... Fumbling is similar movements of a small object or a limited aspect of a large object.
1976 Scand. Jrnl. Psychol. 17 17/1 Immobility and automanipulation were more frequent in this group at the initial stage.
2002 Child Developm. 73 640 (table) Includes away behaviors.., automanipulation (e.g. touching face), absence of normal conversational back channeling.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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