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OCD. Dermatophagia (from Ancient Greek δέρμα — lit.skin and φαγείαlit.eating) or dermatodaxia (from δήξις, lit.biting) [3] is a compulsion disorder of gnawing or biting one's own skin, most commonly at the fingers. This action can either be conscious or unconscious [4] and it is considered to be a type of pica.
Specialty. Dermatology. Psychiatry. Excoriation disorder, more commonly known as dermatillomania, is a mental disorder on the obsessive–compulsive spectrum that is characterized by the repeated urge or impulse to pick at one's own skin, to the extent that either psychological or physical damage is caused. [4] [5]
Self-cannibalism is the practice of eating parts of one's own body, also called autocannibalism [1] or autosarcophagy. [2] Generally, only the consumption of flesh (including organ meat such as heart or liver) by an individual of the same species is considered cannibalism. [3] In line with this usage, self-cannibalism means the consumption of ...
The findings showed that dogs react emotionally when they hear the crying sounds in humans. The study abstract notes that dogs' responses showed "higher levels of behaviors associated with ...
July 1, 2024 at 4:03 AM. WILLIAMS, Ariz. (AP) — One way to help tell how a Tyrannosaurus rex digested food is to look at its poop. Bone fragments in a piece of fossilized excrement at a new ...
Add eggs. "Eggs really are a nutrition powerhouse for our pets," she explained in the footage. They're "packed full of vitamins and minerals — and also good levels of protein," she explained. At ...
Bulma creates a cure for this virus so that Trunks can take it back in time to save Goku and stop the androids. Head-go-boom-boom-itis SpongeBob SquarePants ("Squid Baby") A mental disorder that causes adults who receive a head injury to develop a brain tumor that causes them to act like infants, while still possessing the physical traits of an ...
Kinky Friedman, the satirical and often provocative musician, author and one-time politician, has died at the age of 79. “Kinky Friedman stepped on a rainbow at his beloved Echo Hill surrounded ...