body-focused repetitive behavior disorder

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body-focused repetitive behavior disorder (plural body-focused repetitive behavior disorders)

  1. (psychiatry) A mental disorder characterized by uncontrolled manipulation on the body up to physiological damage and psychosocial impairment.
    Hyponyms: dermatillomania, skin-picking disorder, chronic skin-picking, compulsive skin-picking
    Hyponyms: trichotillomania, hair-pulling disorder
    Hyponyms: onychophagia, nail biting

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