| trichodystrophy | Defective nutrition of hair, often culminating in alopecia. May be acquired or congenital; the latter often with metabolic or other birth defects. Origin: tricho-+ G. Prefix dys-, abnormal, + trophe, growth (05 Mar 2000) |
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| trichoepithelioma | <tumour> Multiple small benign nodules, occurring mostly on the skin of the face, derived from basal cells of hair follicles enclosing small keratin cysts; frequent autosomal dominant inheritance. Synonym: acanthoma adenoides cysticum, Brooke's tumour, epithelioma adenoides cysticum, hereditary multiple trichoepithelioma. Origin: tricho-+ epithelioma (05 Mar 2000) |
| trichoesthesia | 1. The sensation felt when a hair is touched. 2. A form of paresthesia in which there is a sensation as of a hair on the skin, on the mucous membrane of the mouth, or on the conjunctiva. Origin: tricho-+ G. Aisthesis, sensation (05 Mar 2000) |
| trichofolliculoma | <tumour> A usually solitary tumour or hamartoma in which multiple abortive hair follicles open into a central cyst or space opening on the skin surface. Origin: tricho-+ L. Folliculus, fountain, spring, + G. -oma, tumour (05 Mar 2000) |
| trichogen | An agent that promotes the growth of hair. Origin: tricho-+ G. -gen, producing (05 Mar 2000) |
| trichogenous | Promoting the growth of the hair. (05 Mar 2000) |
| trichoglossia | Synonym: hairy tongue. Origin: tricho-+ G. Glossa, tongue (05 Mar 2000) |
| trichogyne | <botany> The slender, hairlike cell which receives the fertilizing particles, or antherozoids, in red seaweeds. Origin: F, fr. Gr, hair + woman, female. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| trichohyalin | A substance of the nature of keratohyalin found in the developing inner root sheath of the hair follicle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| trichoid | Hairlike. Origin: tricho-+ G. Eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000) |
| tricholemmoma | <tumour> A benign tumour derived from outer root sheath epithelium of a hair follicle, consisting of cells with pale-staining cytoplasm containing glycogen; multiple trichilemmoma's are present on the face in Cowden's disease. Synonym: tricholemmoma. Origin: trichi-+ G. Lemma, husk, + -oma, tumour (05 Mar 2000) |
| tricholith | A concretion on the hair; the lesion of piedra. Origin: tricho-+ G. Lithos, stone (05 Mar 2000) |
| trichologia | A nervous habit of plucking at the hair. Synonym: trichology. Origin: G. Trichologeo, to pluck hairs, fr. Tricho-+ lego, to pick out, gather (05 Mar 2000) |
| trichology | 1. The study of the anatomy, growth, and diseases of the hair. Origin: tricho-+ G. Logos, study Synonym: trichologia. Origin: G. Trichologeo, fr. Tricho-+ lego, to pick out (05 Mar 2000) |
| trichoma | Synonym: trichiasis. Origin: tricho-+ G. -oma, tumour (05 Mar 2000) |