matchbox sign
The characteristic situation where a patient with delusional parasitosis presents the…The characteristic situation where a patient with delusional parasitosis presents the doctor with a collection of fibers or other foreign objects supposedly retrieved from the skin.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The characteristic situation where a patient with delusional parasitosis presents the doctor with a collection of fibers or other foreign objects supposedly retrieved from the skin.
Origin
So called because a matchbox can be used as a container for small objects.So called because a matchbox can be used as a container for small objects.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable