"body horror" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} body horror (uncountable)
  1. A genre of horror fiction based around the graphic destruction or alteration of the body. Wikipedia link: body horror Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Genres, Horror Related terms: Cronenbergian Translations (Translations): kroppakauhu (Finnish), horror corporal [masculine] (Spanish), horror biológico [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-body_horror-en-noun-X1KZhOlO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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