onychophagia
American
[on-i-koh-fey-juh, -jee-uh]
/ ˌɒn ɪ koʊˈfeɪ dʒə, -dʒi ə /
noun
Psychiatry.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of onychophagia
1895–1900; < Greek onycho- (combining form of ónyx nail, claw; see onyx) + -phagia
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