Usually means: Compulsive picking at the nails.
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General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. onychotillomania: Wiktionary
  2. onychotillomania: Dictionary.com
  3. Onychotillomania: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. onychotillomania: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. onychotillomania: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Onychotillomania: Merck Manuals
  4. Onychotillomania: MedFriendly Glossary
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. onychotillomania: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (onychotillomania)

▸ noun:  A compulsion for picking and tearing at one's fingernails or toenails.

Similar:
onychophagia, onychophagy, onychopathy, onychosis, dermatillomania, phaneromania, trichotillomania, onycholysis, onychomycosis, onychalgia, more...

Opposite:
onychophagia, nail biting, nail chewing

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Similar:
onychophagia, onychophagy, onychopathy, onychosis, dermatillomania, phaneromania, trichotillomania, onycholysis, onychomycosis, onychalgia, more...

Opposite:
onychophagia, nail biting, nail chewing



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