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noun
A mental disorder characterized by the urge to pick at one's own skin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences
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Synonyms: chronic skin-picking, excoriation disorder, skin-picking disorder
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin”) + τίλλω (tíllō, “I pull out, pluck”) + μανία (manía, “madness”).
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
