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psilosis

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[sahy-loh-sis] / saɪˈloʊ sɪs /

noun

Pathology.
  1. a falling out of the hair.

  2. sprue.


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Etymology

Origin of psilosis

1835–45; < New Latin < Greek psī́lōsis literally, a stripping bare, equivalent to psīlō-, variant stem of psīloûn to strip (derivative of psīlós bare, smooth) + -sis -sis


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