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capilliculture

capilliculture noun: the medical treatment of the hair or of baldness.

Noun

capilliculture (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The medical treatment of the hair or of baldness.
    • Crude oil enjoys a vogue in the realm of capilliculture based upon the belief that its action as a rubefacient and as a stimulant of the sebaceous secretion is peculiarly efficacious […]1916, Druggists' Circular, volume 60, page 218
    • […] devoted her time to many sports and a great variety of beauty treatments ranging from manicures to Rolfing to highlighting by biocosmeticians specializing in capilliculture.2007, Jean-Paul Dubois, Vie Francaise, page 131

Questions about capilliculture

What does capilliculture mean?
Capilliculture means the medical treatment of the hair or of baldness.
What part of speech is capilliculture?
Capilliculture is a noun.

Words near capilliculture in the dictionary

  1. capillation
  2. capillations
  3. capillature
  4. capilliconidiophore
  5. capilliconidiophores
  6. capilliculture
  7. capilliform
  8. capilliposide
  9. capilliposides
  10. capillitia
  11. capillitial

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