rhinotillexomania
English edit
Etymology edit
From rhino- (“nose, nasal”) + Latin tillexis (“habit of plucking”, see below) + -o- + -mania (“obsession”).
The tillexis part is seemingly a New Latin borrowing from Ancient Greek τίλλω (tíllō, “I pluck or pull”). There is divergence about the "exo" affix. It is suggested it might come from ἔξω (éxō, “out”) or έξη (éxē, “habit”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rhinotillexomania (uncountable)
- (psychiatry) Compulsive nose-picking, insertion of finger into one's nose.
Related terms edit
- rhinotillexis (“nose-picking”)
- rhinotillexomaniac
Translations edit
compulsive nose-picking
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