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trichodynia

trichodynia noun: a painful sensation on the scalp, often with an underlying psychosomatic cause such as stress.

Noun

trichodynia (uncountable)

  1. A painful sensation on the scalp, often with an underlying psychosomatic cause such as stress.

Origin of trichodynia

From tricho- + -odynia.

Questions about trichodynia

What does trichodynia mean?
Trichodynia means a painful sensation on the scalp, often with an underlying psychosomatic cause such as stress.
What part of speech is trichodynia?
Trichodynia is a noun.

Words near trichodynia in the dictionary

  1. trichodontid
  2. trichodontids
  3. trichodragma
  4. trichodragmas
  5. trichodragmata
  6. trichodynia
  7. trichodyschroia
  8. trichodysplasia
  9. trichodysplasias
  10. trichodystrophies
  11. trichodystrophy

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