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dermatophagia

dermatophagia noun: a psychiatric disorder characterized by the urge to eat one's own skin.

Noun

dermatophagia (uncountable)

  1. A psychiatric disorder characterized by the urge to eat one's own skin

Questions about dermatophagia

What does dermatophagia mean?
Dermatophagia means a psychiatric disorder characterized by the urge to eat one's own skin.
What part of speech is dermatophagia?
Dermatophagia is a noun.

Words near dermatophagia in the dictionary

  1. dermatopathologist
  2. dermatopathologists
  3. dermatopathology
  4. dermatopathophobia
  5. dermatopathy
  6. dermatophagia
  7. dermatophagic
  8. dermatophagy
  9. dermatophilosis
  10. dermatophyte
  11. dermatophytes

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