# matchbox sign

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. 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.

## Etymology
So called because a matchbox can be used as a container for small objects.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/matchbox-sign