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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 hair
Familiarity information: TRICHOTILLOMANIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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