hypertrichosis
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hypertrichosis
Example Sentences
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He and his team of curators were gazing, fascinated, at a 16th-century portrait of Antonietta Gonzales, a girl with hypertrichosis, a rare congenital condition that causes excessive facial hair growth.
From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2024
The boy, Paul, suffers from hypertrichosis, or “werewolf syndrome,” which is a thing.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2020
Chuy has a rare genetic condition called hypertrichosis, causing thick hair to grow on his face.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2016
This hypertrichosis was exemplified in this country only a few months since by a person who went the rounds of the dime museums under the euphonious name of "Jo-Jo, the dog-face boy."
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
There has been some dispute as to whether, apart from homosexuality, hypertrichosis in a woman can be regarded as an indication of a general masculinity.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion by Ellis, Havelock
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