Medical term:
onomatomania
onomatomania
[on″ah-mat″ah-ma´ne-ah]irresistible preoccupation with specific names or words.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
on·o·mat·o·ma·ni·a
(on'ō-mat'ō-mā'nē-ă),An abnormal impulse to dwell on certain words and their supposed significance, or to try to recall frantically a particular word.
[G. onoma, name, + mania, frenzy]
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on·o·mat·o·ma·ni·a
(on'ŏ-mat'ŏ-mā'nē-ă)An abnormal impulse to dwell on certain words and their supposed significance, or frantically to try to recall a particular word.
[G. onoma, name, + mania, frenzy]
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onomatomania
An obsessive, repetitious intrusion of word or phrase into the thoughts.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
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