morsicatio
(mor″sĭ-kā′sh(ē-)ō )

[L. morsicatio, a biting]
Habitual or repetitive chewing or biting of a body part.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Morsicatio." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/743851/all/morsicatio.
Morsicatio. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/743851/all/morsicatio. Accessed April 22, 2025.
Morsicatio. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/743851/all/morsicatio
Morsicatio [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 22]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/743851/all/morsicatio.
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