Medical Dictionary

pedophilia

noun pe·do·phil·ia \ˌpēd-ə-ˈfil-ē-ə, ˌped-\

Medical Definition of PEDOPHILIA

:  sexual perversion in which children are the preferred sexual object

Variants of PEDOPHILIA

pe·do·phil·ia or chiefly British pae·do·phil·ia \ˌpēd-\

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