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matchbox sign

matchbox sign noun: the characteristic situation where a patient with delusional parasitosis presents the doctor with a collection of fibers or other foreign objects supposedly retrieved from the skin.

Noun

matchbox sign (uncountable)

  1. The characteristic situation where a patient with delusional parasitosis presents the doctor with a collection of fibers or other foreign objects supposedly retrieved from the skin.

Origin of matchbox sign

So called because a matchbox can be used as a container for small objects.

Questions about matchbox sign

What does matchbox sign mean?
Matchbox sign means the characteristic situation where a patient with delusional parasitosis presents the doctor with a collection of fibers or other foreign objects supposedly retrieved from the skin.
What part of speech is matchbox sign?
Matchbox sign is a noun.

Words near matchbox sign in the dictionary

  1. matchbox beans
  2. matchbox house
  3. matchbox houses
  4. matchbox label
  5. matchbox labels
  6. matchbox sign
  7. matchbox skirt
  8. matchbox skirts
  9. matchboxes
  10. matchbreaker
  11. matchbreakers

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