"onychophagia" meaning in English

See onychophagia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From onycho- + -phagia. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|onycho-|-phagia}} onycho- + -phagia Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} onychophagia (uncountable)
  1. (psychopathology) Compulsive biting of one's nails Tags: uncountable Translations (compulsive biting of one's nails): onicofagia [feminine] (Italian), onicofagia [feminine] (Portuguese), onicofagia [feminine] (Spanish)

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