noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A medical disorder where someone compulsively pulls their own hair out. uncountable
2. 2
   an irresistible urge to pull out your own hair wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

hair-pulling disorder

Etymology

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

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