trichotic

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adjective

Exhibiting or relating to trichosis; hairy.

Scrabble 16

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trichotic1

adjectivetrichotic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableExhibiting or relating to trichosis; hairy.

    In the first place truly neoplastic melanomas are uncommon before puberty; anomalously, such lesions may be trichotic, whereas hair-bearing melanotic lesions in adults rarely become malignant.

    1955, The New England Journal of Medicine, page 21

trichotic2

adjectivetrichotic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableTrichotomous; divided into three.

    Interpreting this in light of Paul's trichotic description of man in 1 Thessalonians 5:23, Origen concluded that Scripture, too, had a trichotic structure. The "body, soul, and spirit" of a man correspond respectively to the literal, moral and allegorical-mystical senses of Scripture.

    1991, Robert W. Herron, Mark's account of Peter's denial of Jesus, page 21

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