phaneromania

phaneromania
Obsolete term for constant preoccupation with some external part, as plucking the beard, pulling the lobe of the ear, picking at a pimple, etc. [phanero- + G. mania, frenzy]

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phan·er·o·ma·nia -'mā-nē-ə n a persistent or obsessive picking at some superficial body growth (as in habitual nail-biting)

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n.
an excessively strong impulse to touch or rub parts of one's own body.

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