trichotillomania

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A medical disorder where someone compulsively pulls their own hair out.

Word forms

trichotillomania

Etymology

From tricho- + Ancient Greek τίλλω (tíllō, “I pull out, pluck”) + -mania.

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