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trichotillomania

[trik-uh-til-uh-mey-nee-uh]

noun Psychiatry.

a compulsion to pull out one's hair.

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Origin of trichotillomania

1900–05; tricho- + Greek tíll(ein) to pluck, pull out + -o- + -mania
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Word Origin and History for trichotillomania
n.

1905, from French trichotillomanie (1889), from tricho-, Latinized form of Greek trikho-, comb. form of thrix (genitive trikhos) "hair" + Greek tillesthai "to pull out" + mania.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Medicine definitions for trichotillomania

trichotillomania

[trĭk′ō-tĭl′ə-mā′nē-ə, -mān′yə]

n.

A compulsion to pull out one's own hair.
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