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excoriation

9.3

A disorder in which a person repeatedly picks at their skin, causing sores or problems

noun
/ɪkˌkɔːriˈeɪʃən/

Specialized

: trastorno de excoriación

His compulsive skin-picking led to visible sores and disrupted sleep, so he sought help for excoriation.

Examples

After years of picking, she received a diagnosis of excoriation disorder from the psychiatrist.
Treatment for excoriation often includes therapy, habit-reversal training, and sometimes medication to reduce urges.
Her excoriation of her skin left painful scars.
Many people suffer from excoriation without realizing it.
After years of picking, she received a diagnosis of excoriation disorder from the psychiatrist.
His compulsive skin-picking led to visible sores, so he sought help for excoriation disorder.
Treatment for excoriation typically involves therapy and strategies to help manage skin-picking behaviors.

How Disruptive

excoriation

Specialized

9.3

compulsivity

Specialized

9.6

habit

630 1.0

Surface Forms

excoriation singular

excoriations plural

Morphology

excoriation = excoriate (opaque) = excoriate + ion

The noun is formally a regular nominalization of 'excoriate', but the clinical interpretation as a named disorder goes beyond the basic action meaning.

Etymology

Excoriation comes from the Latin parts ex- 'out' and corium 'skin', giving the idea of skin being picked or worn away. That is why excoriation also names a skin-picking disorder where people repeatedly damage their skin.