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Definition of Phaneromania
1. Noun. An irresistible desire to pick at superficial body parts (as in obsessive nail-biting).
Definition of Phaneromania
1. Noun. 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. ¹
2. Noun. The constant preoccupation with some external part of the body, as plucking the beard, pulling the lobe of the ear, etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Phaneromania
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Phaneromania
Literary usage of Phaneromania
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pathology of Emotions: Physiological and Clinical Studies by Charles Féré (1899)
"phaneromania, for instance, is an obsession which can be provoked by all the striking
... phaneromania is especially frequent in idiots and imbeciles. ..."
2. Twentieth Century Practice: An International Encyclopedia of Modern Medical by Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1897)
"... 601 intellectual, 607 phaneromania, 713 Pharynx, hysterical spasm of the, 538
Pia mater, anatomy of the, 357 diseases of the, 358 sarcomatosis of the, ..."
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