Phaneromania

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  • n. An uncontrollable impulse to pick at a spot or growth on one's body; the habit of picking at scabs, biting one's nails, or picking pimples.
  • n. The constant preoccupation with some external part of the body, as plucking the beard, pulling the lobe of the ear, etc.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An uncontrollable habit of picking at loose bits of skin, warts, hangnails, etc.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an irresistible desire to pick at superficial body parts (as in obsessive nail-biting)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cacoethes    mania    passion   
     
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