onychotillomania /on·y·cho·til·lo·ma·nia/ (on″ĭ-ko-til″o-ma´ne-ah) compulsive picking or tearing at the nails.
onychotillomania
on·y·chot·il·lo·ma·ni·a ( n  -ktl- -m  n - , -mny, n-k-tl-)n. A tendency to pick at the fingernails or toenails. |
onychotillomania
[on′ikōtil′əmā′nē·ə]
Etymology: Gk, onyx, nail, tillein, to pluck, mania, madness
a nervous habit of picking at the nails to the point of tissue damage (i.e., bleeding).
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