10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ONYCHOPHAGIST»
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onychophagist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
All That Lives Must Die: Book Two of the Mortal Coils Series
“Whatever,” Eliot muttered, and then because he still couldn't believe she had
seriously considering telling on him, added, “Onychophagist Phasmida.” That
was a not-so-clever opener for vocabulary insult. Onychophagist meant “nail biter
,” a ...
2
Journal of the American Medical Association
The patient was always more or less moody and was an onychophagist. This
case, like most similar oites, shows not only that the patient, once a sufferer from
a severe neurosis, is neuropotentially much yveaker than before, but also that
each ...
3
The Southern California Practitioner
... receive from the profession sufficient attention, viz.: There is the onychophagist,
i: e., the one who habitually bites his finger BOOK REVIEWS. Xi.
4
The American Illustrated Medical Dictionary
... nai . onychophagist (onik-of'a-jist). One who habitually bites the finger-nails.
onyehophagy (o-nik-of'a-je) [Gr. aw; nail + waryer to eat]. The morbid habit of
eating or biting the nails. onychophosia (on”ik-0~fo'sis) [Gr. 61w]; nail]. A horny
growth ...
5
The American illustrated medical dictionary
Disease of the nails, onychopathology (on"ik-o-path-ol'o-je) [Gr. 6Vuf nail +
pathology]. The pathology of diseases of the nails. onychopathy (o-nik-op'ath-e) [
Gr. &rv£ nail + irdSos disease]. Disease of the nails. onychophagist (o-nik-of'a-jist
).
William Alexander Newman Dorland,
1917
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The American illustrated medical dictionary. 1919 : 10th ed
Disease of the nails. onychophagist (o-nik-of'a-jist). One who habitually bites the
finger-nails. onychophagy (o-nik-of'a-je) (Gr. 6>t£ nail + faytiv to eat]. The morbid
habit of eating or biting the nails. onychophosis (on"ik-o-fo'sis) [Gr. SVuf nail).
7
The Dictionary of Psychology
Science of existence or of heing. Term was imroduced imo psychology hy
Christian Wolff. See METAPHYSICS. onychophagy Nail-hiting. Also known as
onychopha- gia. onychophagist A person who hahitually hites own fingemails.
oocyte An ...
8
A Practical Medical Dictionary ...
... [G. onyxipnych-), nail, + pathos, suffering.] Any disease of the nails,
onychonosus. onychophag, onycophage (on'e-ko-fag, on'e-ko-faj). A victim of the
habit of biting the nails. onychophagia (on-e-ko-fa'je-ah). Onycophagy.
onychophagist ...
Thomas Lathrop Stedman,
1922
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2,501 Things That Really Piss Me Off: A Catalog of Insults ...
(Odd, but true!) He is also the author of Lies They Teach in School and
Numberpedia (both from Skyhorse Publishing). A rehabilitated onychophagist, he
makes his home in Westchester County, where he is now largely unknown and
unsung, ...
10
Bioscientific Terminology: Words from Latin and Greek Stems
... laloplegia lalorrhea megalith megalomania mogiphonia neolithic odynacousia
onychocryptosis onychophagist otodynia pathology pathophobia pseudogeusia
pseudomnesia telelectrocardiogram telemeter xenoglossophobia LESSON 9.