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onychotillomania

onychotillomania noun: a compulsion for picking and tearing at one's fingernails or toenails.

Noun

onychotillomania (uncountable)

  1. A compulsion for picking and tearing at one's fingernails or toenails.

onychotillomania meaning in Tamil

onychotillomania in Tamil

உகிர்கிழிப்புவெறி, பசிப்படுங்கல்வெறி

Origin of onychotillomania

From Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux, “nail”) (compare onycho-) + τίλλω (tíllō, “to pluck”) + -mania.

Questions about onychotillomania

What does onychotillomania mean?
Onychotillomania means a compulsion for picking and tearing at one's fingernails or toenails.
What is onychotillomania in Tamil?
Onychotillomania in Tamil is உகிர்கிழிப்புவெறி, பசிப்படுங்கல்வெறி. See Onychotillomania meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is onychotillomania?
Onychotillomania is a noun.

Words near onychotillomania in the dictionary

  1. onychoses
  2. onychosis
  3. onychostroma
  4. onychoteuthid
  5. onychoteuthids
  6. onychotillomania
  7. Onyechi
  8. onygenaceous
  9. onygenalean
  10. onymity
  11. onymization

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