trichology

English

Etymology

From tricho- + -logy, from Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɹʌɪˈkɒləd͡ʒi/

Noun

trichology (uncountable)

  1. The science or study of hair.
    • 1984, Human Heredity, page 336:
      The remaining chapters cover diseases of the hairy skin and summarize recent developments in laboratory and experimental trichology.
    • 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:
      They had spread themselves beneath the oaks and chestnuts and planted the green banks with tussocks of crocuses; it was more like some exercise in trichology than horticulture.

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