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Phaneromania Moderate

Phaneromania has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an irresistible desire to pick at superficial body parts (as in obsessive nail-biting)

2

An uncontrollable impulse to pick at a spot or growth on one's body; the habit of picking at scabs, biting one's nails, or picking pimples.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
mania
Rhyming Words
nia ania inia amnia xania xenia sania nenia mania rania hania sonia ionia munia pania bonia vania bania dynia tonia
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