trichology

[trih-kol-uh-jee]

noun

1. the science dealing with the study of the hair and its diseases.

trichology

/ trɪˈkɒlədʒɪ, ˌtrɪkəˈlɒdʒɪkəl /

noun

1. the branch of medicine concerned with the hair and its diseases

Other Word Forms

• trichological adjective
• trichologist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of trichology¹

First recorded in 1855–60; tricho- + -logy

Example Sentences

Stewart is a Trichology Hair Practioner who assists clients challenged with hair loss.

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He booked himself into a trichology clinic and emerged, he says, looking like Davy Crockett.

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The Trichology Society is calling for them to be banned, because of the damage they do to women's hair.

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Associated words: trichology, depilatory, depilitant, depilate, depilation, disheveled, bandeau, barrette, tonsure, pomade, follicle, sac, fillet, ecdysis, endysis, bandoline, piliferous, piliform, piligerous, coiffeur, tousled. hairiness, n. hirsuteness, hirsuties, pubescence, villosity, capillament, hypertrichosis. hairless, a. bald, glabrous, depilous. hairsplitting, a. subtle, fine. hair-worm, n. gordius. hairy, a. hirsute, shaggy, bristly, pubescent. half, adv. partially, imperfectly. half, n. moiety. half-blooded, a. hybrid, mongrel, degenerate, half-breed. half-hearted, a. indifferent, lukewarm, perfunctory. half-moon, n. crescent.

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Meanwhile a start has been made by the unofficial activities of a small committee of experts in trichology, and their conclusions, published in an interim report, are worth recording.

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