Taber's Medical Dictionary
trichokryptomania
(trĭk″ō-krĭp″tō-mā′nē-ă )
[″ + kryptos, hidden, + mania, madness]
An abnormal desire to break off the hair or beard with the fingernail.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Trichokryptomania." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/736502/all/trichokryptomania.
Trichokryptomania. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/736502/all/trichokryptomania. Accessed June 11, 2026.
Trichokryptomania. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/736502/all/trichokryptomania
Trichokryptomania [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 June 11]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/736502/all/trichokryptomania.
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