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nail biting

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nail biting

Summary

nail biting is a compulsive behavior[1]. It draws 2,168 Wikipedia views per month (compulsive_behavior category, ranking #2 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • nail biting's instance of is recorded as compulsive behavior[3].
  • nail biting is a type of body-focused repetitive behavior disorders[4].
  • nail biting is a type of nail disease[5].
  • nail biting's Commons category is recorded as Onychophagia[6].
  • nail biting's health specialty is recorded as psychiatry[7].
  • nail biting's health specialty is recorded as psychology[8].
  • nail biting's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0012170[9].
  • nail biting's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine[10].
  • nail biting's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Dermatology task force[11].
  • nail biting's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Psychiatry[12].
  • nail biting's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine[13].

Body

Definition and Type

nail biting's instance of is recorded as compulsive behavior[3]. Recorded subclass of include body-focused repetitive behavior disorders[4] and nail disease[5].

Why It Matters

nail biting draws 2,168 Wikipedia views per month (compulsive_behavior category, ranking #2 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

psychiatry psychology

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Human Phenotype Ontology release 2018-03-08. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → body-focused repetitive behavior disorders, nail disease
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Medicine, Dermatology task force, WikiProject Psychiatry +1
    Biblissima authority id → Q296608
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q296608, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
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