tricho-, trich-, -tricha, -trichia, -trichan, -trichic, -trichosis, -trichous, -thrix, -trichum, -trichy +

Fraying of the hair, with the formation of true and false knots, associated with thinning and breaking of the hair shaft; knotting hair.

1. A disease resulting from eating raw or inadequately cooked pork (or bear or walrus meat in Alaska) that contains encysted larvae of the nematode parasite Trichinella spiralis.
2. Trichopathy or any disease of the hair.

1. An abnormal fear of getting hair disease.
2. A fear of trichinosis (a disease caused by worms which come from raw or insufficiently cooked meat; especially, pork); fear of a certain hair color, hair growth, hair disease, etc.
3. Undue anxiety and fear regarding the hair, its growth, color, or diseases.
4. A morbid fear of hair on the face experienced by women, or any abnormal anxiety regarding hair.

1. Any disease of the hair.
2. Disease of the hair; also known as, trichonosis, trichosis.

The practice, or habit, of biting or eating hair or wool.

1. A paraphilia in which someone is sexually aroused, or is extremely fond of, human hair.
2. Any hair-related fetish.

This may refer to hair in general or to different hairstyles and colors.

Having a special attraction for female hair.

Having a special fondness for feminine hair.

1. A fear of trichinosis or of certain kinds of hair growth, hair color, hair disease, hair loss, etc.
2. A morbid disgust caused by the sight of loose hairs on clothing or elsewhere; or of touching hair.

1. The special cell in red algae which produces or bears a trichogyne.

Trichogyne is the slender, hairlike cell that receives the fertilizing particles, or antherozoids, in red seaweeds.

2. One of the saclike organs from which the setae of annelids arise.

Promoting hair growth.

A skin disorder considered to be an allergic reaction to fungi of the genus Trichophyton.

An extract prepared from cultures of the fungi of the genus Trichophyton; used as an antigen for skin tests and for the treatment of certain trichophytid infections.

A ball or concretion in the stomach or intestine, made of hair and fibers of vegetable matter and food detritus.

1. A genus of ringworm fungi of the family Moniliaceae that have hyaline single-celled spores and are parasitic in the skin and hair follicles of humans and lower mammals.
2. A genus of parasitic fungi that lives in or on the skin or its appendages (hair and nails) and is the cause of various dermatomycoses and ringworm infections.

Species that produce spores arranged in rows on the outside of the hair are designated ectothrix; if the spores are within the hair, they are termed endothrix.