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trichophagia

trichophagia noun: compulsive eating of hair.

Noun

trichophagia (uncountable)

  1. Compulsive eating of hair.

Origin of trichophagia

From tricho- + -phagia.

Questions about trichophagia

What does trichophagia mean?
Trichophagia means compulsive eating of hair.
What part of speech is trichophagia?
Trichophagia is a noun.

Words near trichophagia in the dictionary

  1. trichonotid
  2. trichonotids
  3. trichopathic
  4. trichopathophobia
  5. trichopathy
  6. trichophagia
  7. trichophagy
  8. trichophile
  9. trichophiles
  10. trichophilia
  11. trichophobia

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