trichotillomania

trichotillomania [trik-uh-til-uh-mey-nee-uh] Word Origin noun Psychiatry.

1. a compulsion to pull out one’s hair.

Origin of trichotillomania 1900–05; tricho- + Greek tíll(ein) to pluck, pull out + -o- + -mania Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 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 trichotillomania in Medicine trichotillomania [trĭk′ō-tĭl′ə-mā′nē-ə, -mān′yə] n.

1. A compulsion to pull out one’s own hair.

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