Meanings
nountrichology (uncountable)
- uncountableThe science or study of hair.
The remaining chapters cover diseases of the hairy skin and summarize recent developments in laboratory and experimental trichology.
1984, Human Heredity, page 3361 more example
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.
1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun
Origin
From tricho- + -logy, from Ancient Greek.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 毛髮學 /毛发学
- 毛髮學 /毛发学 (máofǎxué)knowledge or study of hair
Estonian juustehooldusteadus
- juustehooldusteadusknowledge or study of hair
Finnish trikologia
- trikologiaknowledge or study of hair
French trichologie
- trichologieknowledge or study of hair
Hungarian hajgyógyászat, trichológia
- hajgyógyászatknowledge or study of hair
- trichológiaknowledge or study of hair
Indonesian trikologi
- trikologiknowledge or study of hair
Italian tricologia
- tricologiaknowledge or study of hair
Polish trychologia
- trychologiaknowledge or study of hair
Portuguese tricologia
- tricologiaknowledge or study of hair
Romanian tricologie
- tricologieknowledge or study of hair
Russian трихология
- трихология (trixologija)knowledge or study of hair
Slovak trichológia
- trichológiaknowledge or study of hair
Tamil மயிரியல்
- மயிரியல் (mayiriyal)knowledge or study of hair
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APA
trichology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trichology
MLA
“trichology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trichology. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trichology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trichology.
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