hypertrichosis

American  

[hahy-per-tri-koh-sis] / ˌhaɪ pər trɪˈkoʊ sɪs /

noun

1. excessive growth of hair.

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Etymology

Origin of hypertrichosis

hyper- + trichosis

Example Sentences

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

The boy, Paul, suffers from hypertrichosis, or “werewolf syndrome,” which is a thing.

From Los Angeles Times

The children who took the mislabeled medicine, some of them babies, began growing hair all over their bodies, a rare condition known as hypertrichosis, Spain’s health minister said on Wednesday.

From New York Times

Giving the infants minoxidil created an appearance of hypertrichosis, also known as "werewolf syndrome", a rare condition that causes excessive thick hair growth over the body, often in unusual places, such as the face.

From BBC

Norma not only suffers from the “hereditary hypertrichosis” that makes her cascading locks top-grade material for Lambert’s brutal clan to plunder.

From Economist