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Aug. 24th, 2011
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Aug. 24th, 2011
onychophagia
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onychophagia
(on-i-koh-FEY-juh, on-i-koh-FEY-jee-uh) - n., the biting of one's nails.
Particularly as a habit or as a sign of emotional disturbance. Coined in the late 1890s from Greek roots ónyx, nail, claw + -phagia.
---L.
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