dermatillomania

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US/ˌdɚ.mə.tɪl.oʊˈmeɪ.ni.ə/

noun

A mental disorder characterized by the urge to pick at one's own skin.

Similar
chronic skin-pickingexcoriation disorderskin-picking disorder
OriginAncient Greek δέρμα →
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Meanings

noundermatillomania (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesA mental disorder characterized by the urge to pick at one's own skin.

    Synonyms: chronic skin-picking, excoriation disorder, skin-picking disorder

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA mental disorder characterized by the urge to pick at one's own skin.

Similar
chronic skin-pickingexcoriation disorderskin-picking disorder
Also see
chronic skin-pickingexcoriation disorderskin-picking disorder

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekδέρμα“skin”
  2. Englishdermatillomania

From Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin”) + τίλλω (tíllō, “I pull out, pluck”) + μανία (manía, “madness”).

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Translations

Finnish dermatillomania
  • dermatillomaniapsychiatric diagnosis
Russian дерматиллома́ния
  • дерматиллома́ния (dermatillománija)psychiatric diagnosis
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