trichotillomania

English

An example of the effect of trichotillomania in a male subject.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θρίξ (thríx, “hair”) (genitive: τριχός (trikhós)) + τίλλω (tíllō, “I pull out, pluck”) + μανία (manía, “madness”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪniə

Noun

trichotillomania (uncountable)

1. A medical disorder where someone compulsively pulls their own hair out.

Hypernyms

• mania

Coordinate terms

• trichomania (“mania for hair or hairiness”) (not to be confused)
• trichophilia (“paraphilic attraction to hair or hairiness; hair-fetishism”)
• trichophobia (“fear of hair or hairiness”)

Derived terms

• trichotillomanic

Related terms

• dermatillomania
• onychotillomania
• peotillomania

Translations

disorder

• Arabic: هوس نتف الشعر
• Catalan: tricotilomanía
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拔毛癖 (bámáopǐ)

• Danish: trikotillomani
• Dutch: trichotillomanie f, TTM f
• Finnish: trikotillomania
• French: trichotillomanie (fr) f, TTM (fr) f
• German: Trichotillomanie, Tricho, Trich, TTM, zwanghaftes Haareausreissen
• Greek: τριχοτιλλομανία (el) f (trichotillomanía)
• Hebrew: טריכוטילומניה (he)
• Icelandic: hárreitisýki
• Italian: tricotillomania
• Japanese: 抜毛症 (ばつもうしょう), 抜毛癖 (ばつもうへき)
• Macedonian: трихотиломанија (trihotilomanija)
• Norwegian: trikotillomani
• Polish: trichotillomania (pl)
• Portuguese: tricotilomania (pt) f
• Russian: трихотилломания (ru) (trixotillomanija)
• Spanish: tricotilomanía f
• Swahili: trikotilomania
• Swedish: trikotillomani
• Turkish: trikotillomani