Medical term:

phaneromania

phan·er·o·ma·ni·a

(fan'ĕr-ō-mā'nē-ă),

Obsolete term for constant preoccupation with some external part, such as plucking the beard, pulling the lobe of the ear, picking at a pimple, etc.

[phanero- + G. mania, frenzy]

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(făn″ĕr-ō-mā′nē-ă) [″ + mania, madness]

An abnormal tendency to bite the nails or pick, scratch, or pull a pimple, wart, hair, beard, or mustache.

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