body-focused repetitive behavior disorder
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[edit]body-focused repetitive behavior disorder (plural body-focused repetitive behavior disorders)
- (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