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Dermatophagia. Dermatophagia (from Ancient Greek δέρμα — lit. skin and φαγεία lit. 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.
Nail biting, also known as onychophagy or onychophagia, is an oral compulsive habit of biting one's fingernails. It is sometimes described as a parafunctional activity, the common use of the mouth for an activity other than speaking, eating, or drinking. Nail biting is very common, especially amongst children. 25–35 percent of children bite ...
World Wide Web The historic World Wide Web logo, designed by Robert Cailliau. Currently, there is no widely accepted logo in use for the WWW. Abbreviation WWW Year started 1989 ; 35 years ago (1989) by Tim Berners-Lee Organization CERN A web page from Wikipedia displayed in Google Chrome The World Wide Web (WWW or simply the Web) is an information system that enables content sharing over the ...
At the beginning of June, their mom shared a video of what it's like to wake up to three Huskies, and I've gotta say, you can count me out! Mom says in her caption that 7AM hits different with ...
The pictures as they currently stand seem to be appropriate. Dermatilliomania refers to picking, which can mean picking scabs, tearing at dry skin, or just generally causing damage anywhere with your nails or (I'm ashamed to say) implements like needles, pins, or anything with a point. Dermatophagia is specifically biting.
Estuary English is an intermediate accent between Cockney and Received Pronunciation, also widely spoken in and around London, as well as in wider South Eastern England. [7] [8] [9] In multicultural areas of London, the Cockney dialect is, to an extent, being replaced by Multicultural London English —a new form of speech with significant ...
Meaning Origin language and etymology Example(s) a-, an-not, without (alpha privative) Greek ἀ-/ἀν-(a-/an-), not, without analgesic, apathy, anencephaly: ab-from; away from Latin abduction, abdomen: abdomin-of or relating to the abdomen: Latin abdōmen, abdomen, fat around the belly abdomen, abdominal -ac: pertaining to; one afflicted with
It has gained a measure of fame as it is the longest place name found in any English-speaking country, and possibly the longest place name in the world, according to World Atlas. The name of the hill (with 85 characters) has also been listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest place name. Other versions of the name, including longer ...