tricho-, trich-, -tricha, -trichia, -trichan, -trichic, -trichosis, -trichous, -thrix, -trichum, -trichy +
(Greek: hair [thread; filament; condition of the hair])
oligotrichosis
Presence of less than the normal amount of hair.
pachytrichous
Having hair that is thicker than normal.
paratrichosis
1. Any disorder in the growth of the hair, with particular reference to quantity.
2. The growth of hair in abnormal places.
3. Abnormality of hair with regard to its position or quality.
peritrich
1. Any of various protozoans, such as the vorticella, having a wide oral opening surrounded by cilia.
2. Any ciliate protozoan of the subclass Peritrichia.
peritricha
A division of ciliated Infusoria having a circle of cilia around the oral disk and sometimes another around the body. It includes the vorticellas.
peritrichous
1. Relating to cilia or other appendicular organs projecting from the periphery of a cell.
2. Having flagella uniformly distributed over a cell; used especially with reference to bacteria.
poliothrix
The premature graying or whitening of the hair.
polytrichia, polytrichous, polytrichosis
1. Very hairy; thickly covered with hair; especially in comparison with other people of the same race and sex.
2. Excessive hairiness.
3. An excessive growth of the hair.
pseudohypertrichosis
Persistence after birth of the fine hair present during fetal life, because of the inability of the bodily skin to throw it off.
rhinothrix
A hair, or hairs, growing in the nostril.
schizotrichia
A splitting of the hairs at their ends.
sclerothrix
1. Abnormal hardness of the hair.
2. Induration and brittleness of the hair.
sclerotrichia
1. Abnormal hardness of the hair.
2. Dryness and hardness of hair.
3. Induration (being hard, the process of hardening) and brittleness of the hair.
trichaesthesia, trichesthesia
1. The sense by which one perceives when one of the hairs of the skin has been touched; hair sensibility.
2. The sensation of having one's hair touched.
3. The perception that one of the hairs of the skin has been touched, caused by stimulation of a hair follicle receptor.
trichalgia
Pain produced when hair is touched; also, trichodynia.
Links to other hair-related units:
alopec-;
barba-;
Beards;
capillaro-;
chaeto-;
cirro-;
coife;
crino-;
Hair & Beard Styles;
hirsute;
pilo-;
pogo-;
villi-.
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