Definition of Trichology

1. Noun. the science or study of hair ¹

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Definition of Trichology

1. [n -GIES]

Medical Definition of Trichology

1. 1. The study of the anatomy, growth, and diseases of the hair. Origin: tricho-+ G. Logos, study Synonym: trichologia. Origin: G. Trichologeo, fr. Tricho-+ lego, to pick out (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trichology

trichoesthesia
trichofolliculoma
trichogen
trichogenous
trichoglossia
trichogyne
trichogynes
trichohyalin
trichoid
tricholemmoma
tricholith
trichologia
trichologies
trichologist
trichologists
trichology (current term)
tricholomatoid
trichoma
trichomanes
trichomania
trichomaniac
trichomas
trichomatose
trichomatosis
trichomatous
trichome
trichomes
trichomic
trichomonacidal

Literary usage of Trichology

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1858)
"And here he quotes the unsafe work of Peter A. Browne on " trichology," or the hair in different races of men. Still, all men are of one blood, ..."

2. Family Lyceum by Josiah Holbrook (1854)
"... of the author a work on trichology, by P. К BROWNE, Esq., of Philadelphia, which was referred to a Committee for examination. An Achromatic Microscope ..."

3. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1895)
"Local worthies are not forgotten, and, lastly, there is a chapter on the ethnology,craniology, trichology, odontology, ..."

4. A Pocket medical dictionary: Giving the Pronunciation and Definition of the ...by George Milbry Gould by George Milbry Gould (1920)
"... trik-o-glos'-t-ah. Hair on the tongue. Trichoid, trik'-oid. Resembling hair. trichology, trik-ol'-o-je. The science of the hair. ..."

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