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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An uncontrollable habit of picking at loose bits of skin, warts, hangnails, etc.
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- noun An uncontrollable
impulse topick at a spot or growth on one's body; the habit of picking atscabs , biting one'snails , or pickingpimples . - noun The constant
preoccupation with someexternal part of the body, asplucking the beard, pulling the lobe of the ear, etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an irresistible desire to pick at superficial body parts (as in obsessive nail-biting)
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