Etymology

trichotillomania

Today it means: A medical disorder where someone compulsively pulls their own hair out. Full definition →

Ancient Greek τίλλω
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτίλλω“I pull out, pluck”
  2. English todaytrichotillomania

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

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekτίλλω all →

rhinotillexomania

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.