onychotillomania

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A compulsion for picking and tearing at one's fingernails or toenails.

Word forms

onychotillomania

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux, “nail”) (compare onycho-) + τίλλω (tíllō, “to pluck”) + -mania.

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