hypertrichosis
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hypertrichosis
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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
Duyse reports a case of extensive hypertrichosis of the back in a girl aged nine years; her teeth were normal; there was pigmentation of the back and numerous pigmentary nevi on the face.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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 Havelock Ellis
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