193. Hair

See also 33. BALDNESS ; 37. BEARDS

alopecia

1. a loss of hair, feathers, or wool.

2. baldness. — alopecic, adj.

chaetophobia

an abnormal fear of hair.

crinosity

the state of being hairy. — crinous, adj.

electrology

the use of electrolysis for removing moles, warts, or excess hair. — electrologist, n.

hirsutism

1. a condition of shaggy hairiness.

2. Biology. the state of being covered “with long, stiff hairs. — hirsute, adj.

hispidity

the state or quality of being covered with small spines or bristles. — hispid, adj.

hypertrichosis

a condition of excessive hairiness either all over the body or covering a particular part.

Leiotrichi

people with smooth hair; a division of mankind characterized by people with such hair. Cf. Ulotrichi. — Leiotrichan, adj.

madarosis

the loss of hair, especially of the eyelashes, as a result of disease.

madisterium

a surgical instrument for pulling out hairs.

melanosity

darkness or blackness of eyes, hair, or complexion.

pilosism, pilosity

an excessive hairiness; furriness. — pilose, adj.

psilosis

falling out of the hair.

schizotrichia

a condition of splitting of the hair.

tonsure

1. the act or process of cutting the hair, especially as a religious rite or custom.

2. the shaved part of the head, usually the crown, of a member of a religious order. — tonsorial, adj.

trichiasis

a condition in which the hair grows inward, especially the eyelashes.

trichoanesthesia

Medicine. a loss of hair sensibility.

trichobezoar

a hairball.

trichoclasia

a condition of extreme brittleness of the hair, often following an illness.

trichology

Medicine. the scientific study of hair and its diseases. — trichologist, n.

trichoma

a condition of the hair in which it is matted or crusted.

trichomania

an obsession with hair.

trichomycosis

any disease of the hair caused by a fungus.

trichopathy

Medicine. any disease of the hair. — trichopathic, adj.

trichophagy

the practice of eating hair.

trichorrhexomania

a mania for pinching off one’s hair.

trichosis

1. Medicine. any disease or abnormal growth of the hair.

2. a heavy growth of hair.

trichotillomania

Medicine. an abnormal desire to pull out one’s own hair, especially by delirious patients. Also called trichologia.

Ulotrichi

people with woolly, tightly curled, or crisp hair; a division of mankind characterized by people with such hair. Cf. Leiotrichi. — ulotrichous, adj.

villosity

the condition or quality of being covered with long, soft hairs, as certain plants, or hairlike appendages, as certain of the membranes of the body. — villous, adj.

xanthochroid

a person with light-colored hair and fair complexion. — xanthochroid, xanthochroous, adj.