trichotillomania [trik-uh -til-uh -mey -nee-uh ]
Word Origin
a compulsion to pull out one's hair. Show More
Origin of trichotillomania 1900–05; tricho- +
Greek tíll(ein ) to pluck, pull out +
-o- +
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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 .
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trichotillomania in Medicine trichotillomania [trĭk′ō-tĭl′ə-mā′ nē-ə, -mān′ yə]
A compulsion to pull out one's own hair. Show More
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