Definition of Phaneromania

1. Noun. An irresistible desire to pick at superficial body parts (as in obsessive nail-biting).

Generic synonyms: Cacoethes, Mania, Passion

Medical Definition of Phaneromania

1. Rarely used term for constant preoccupation with some external part, as plucking the beard, pulling the lobe of the ear, picking at a pimple, etc. Origin: phanero-+ G. Mania, frenzy (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phaneromania

phanero-
phanerocarpae
phanerocodonic
phanerocrystalline
phanerodactyla
phanerogam
phanerogam
Phanerogamae
phanerogamia
phanerogamian
phanerogamous
phanerogams
phanerogenic
phaneroglossal
phaneromania (current term)
phaneromania (current term)
phanerophyte
phanerophytes
phaneroscope
phanerosis
Phanerozoic
Phanerozoic aeon
Phanerozoic eon
phanerozoite
phang
phanged
phanging
phangs
phanquone
phantascope

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