trichotic
English
editEtymology 1
editAdjective
edittrichotic (not comparable)
- Exhibiting or relating to trichosis; hairy.
- 1955, The New England Journal of Medicine, page 21:
- In the first place truly neoplastic melanomas are uncommon before puberty; anomalously, such lesions may be trichotic, whereas hair-bearing melanotic lesions in adults rarely become malignant.
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editEtymology 2
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Adjective
edittrichotic (not comparable)
- Trichotomous; divided into three.
- 1991, Robert W. Herron, Mark's account of Peter's denial of Jesus, page 21:
- Interpreting this in light of Paul's trichotic description of man in 1 Thessalonians 5:23, Origen concluded that Scripture, too, had a trichotic structure. The "body, soul, and spirit" of a man correspond respectively to the literal, moral and allegorical-mystical senses of Scripture.