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trichion

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[trik-ee-on] / ˈtrɪk iˌɒn /

noun

Physical Anthropology.
  • trichia,
    plural
  • trichions
    plural
  1. the point of intersection of the normal hairline and the middle line of the forehead.


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Etymology

Origin of trichion

< Greek tríchion, diminutive of thríx hair ( see tricho-)

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Berkeley called it a trichia, ignoring the attachment of the threads.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)

Trich′ia, a folding inward of the eyelashes; Trichī′asis, a kidney disease: a morbid swelling of the breasts: trichia.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Outwardly the open sporangium, by the projecting free tips, reminds one of a trichia.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)

Rostafinski was inclined to make a trichia of it, because of the hair-like capillitium, and markings on the threads, Massee found indistinct spiral markings even, enough to suit at least the prototrichias.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)

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