bodycensus
/ˈbɒdiˌsɛnsəs/nounVerified NewThe periodic full-body self-audit in which a person inventories moles, lumps, aches, and changes, in the shower or at 2 a.m.
Once started, the census is hard to stop: every finding is logged, compared with last quarter's, and either dismissed or escalated. It is prevention culture conducted at the level of the individual skin. Bodycensus names the count, and its habit-forming quality.
Etym. — body + census — a complete enumeration of one's own territory.
Rel. — presymptomia
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