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TRICHOTILLOMANIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trichotillomania mean? 

TRICHOTILLOMANIA (noun)
  The noun TRICHOTILLOMANIA has 1 sense:

1. an irresistible urge to pull out your own hairplay

  Familiarity information: TRICHOTILLOMANIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TRICHOTILLOMANIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An irresistible urge to pull out your own hair

Classified under:

Nouns denoting goals

Hypernyms ("trichotillomania" is a kind of...):

cacoethes; mania; passion (an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action)


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