Meanings
nountrichotillomania (uncountable)
- uncountablehuman sciencesA medical disorder where someone compulsively pulls their own hair out.
Synonyms: hair-pulling disorder
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA medical disorder where someone compulsively pulls their own hair out.
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Origin
- Ancient Greekτίλλω“I pull out, pluck”
- Englishtrichotillomania
From tricho- + Ancient Greek τίλλω (tíllō, “I pull out, pluck”) + -mania.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic هوس نتف الشعر
- هوس نتف الشعرdisorder
Catalan tricotilomanía
- tricotilomaníadisorder
Chinese Mandarin 拔毛癖
- 拔毛癖 (bámáopǐ)disorder
Danish trikotillomani
- trikotillomanidisorder
Dutch trichotillomanie, TTM
- trichotillomaniedisorder
- TTMdisorder
Finnish trikotillomania
- trikotillomaniadisorder
French trichotillomanie, TTM
- trichotillomaniedisorder
- TTMdisorder
German Trichotillomanie, Tricho
- Trichotillomaniedisorder
- Trichodisorder
- Trichdisorder
- TTMdisorder
- zwanghaftes Haareausreissendisorder
Greek τριχοτιλλομανία
- τριχοτιλλομανία (trichotillomanía)disorder
Hebrew טריכוטילומניה
- טריכוטילומניהdisorder
Icelandic hárreitisýki
- hárreitisýkidisorder
Italian tricotillomania
- tricotillomaniadisorder
Japanese 抜毛症, 抜毛癖
- 抜毛症disorder
- 抜毛癖disorder
Norwegian trikotillomani
- trikotillomanidisorder
Polish trichotillomania
- trichotillomaniadisorder
Portuguese tricotilomania
- tricotilomaniadisorder
Russian трихотилломания
- трихотилломания (trixotillomanija)disorder
Spanish tricotilomanía
- tricotilomaníadisorder
Swahili trikotilomania
- trikotilomaniadisorder
Swedish trikotillomani
- trikotillomanidisorder
Turkish trikotillomani
- trikotillomanidisorder
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with trichotillomania
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
trichotillomania. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trichotillomania
MLA
“trichotillomania.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trichotillomania. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trichotillomania,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trichotillomania.
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