onychophagist

[医] 咬甲癖者

发音

UK /ɒnɪˈkɒfəd͡ʒɪst/
US /ɑnəˈkɑfəd͡ʒɪst/

词形变化

onychophagists 复数 onychophagists

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who bites his or her fingernails.

    罕用

词源

From onychophagy + -ist = onycho- + -phag(y) + -ist, from Ancient Greek ὀνυχο- (onuch), combining form of ὄνυξ (ónux, “claw, nail”) + -φαγος (-phagos, “eater”), from ἐφαγόν (ephagón, “I ate”).

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