: the often pathological habit of pulling out one's hair one or a few hairs at a time compare trichotillomania Dictionary Entries Near hairpulling hair puller hairpulling hair root See More Nearby Entries Cite this Entry Style “Hairpulling.” Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, ...
In 1889, after encountering a young male patient who had torn out tufts of his hair, Hallopeau was the first to coin the term trichotillomania, derived from the Greek thrix (hair), tillein (pulling) and mania (madness). In 1890, he cofounded the French Society of Dermatology and Sy...
Hair loss in mammals is usually a symptom of an underlying disease or disorder, especially if your cat is pulling out their own hair. Whatever the species — cat, dog, or human — the condition of hair loss is technically known as alopecia, which refers to the partial or total lo...
eyelashes, eyebrows, pubic area, or elsewhere on their bodies. People with Hair-Pulling Disorder may pull out thousands of strands of hair every month, anywhere from 10 to 500 hairs a day. Most people with Hair-Pulling Disorder feel a great deal of shame around...
Why do I pull my hair out and eat the follicle? Trichotillomaniais a disorder characterized by chronic hair pulling that often results in alopecia. Eating the part of hair pulled out is a common practice and trichorhizophagia is a new term to denote the habit of eating the root of hairs...
A long-established Alzheimer's drug can help people with a disorder that causes them to compulsively pull at their hair or pick at their skin, a new clinical trial has concluded.
1. not long. You look nice with your hair short; Do you think my dress is too short?corto 2. not tall; smaller than usual. a short man.bajo3. not lasting long; brief. a short film; in a very short time; I've a very short memory for details.breve...
Barbering is a term used to describe what happens when one bunny bullies another to establish or maintain its dominance. The dominant bunny will sometimes pull out the hair of the other bunnies. When this happens you should separate them so that the barbering can be put to a stop. You al...
It’s strange because some of our neighbors think we’re poor because I do things like change my own oil and cut my hair. But man! I wouldn’t change anything about my life. If I had $10 million tomorrow, nothing would change. I wouldn’t do anything different except maybe I’ll ...
The ONLY bet that can be played right now is that the magnum folly will continue — until the brainiacs run entirely out of road. Take a look at the insanity of Venezuela and Zimbabwe… Argentina… Red China… The term is: stuck on stupid. America — the Fed is composed...