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Meaning of phaneromania | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. An uncontrollable impulse to pick at a spot or growth on one's body; the habit of picking at scabs, biting one's nails, or picking pimples.
  2. The constant preoccupation with some external part of the body, as plucking the beard, pulling the lobe of the ear, etc.

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

phaneron phanerophyte phaneropterid phaneropterine phaneroscope phanerosis

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