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trichophagy

trichophagy noun: the eating of hair, typically one's own.

Noun

trichophagy (uncountable)

  1. The eating of hair, typically one's own.

trichophagy meaning in Tamil

trichophagy in Tamil

டிரைக்கோபைட்டாஸ் காளான் நோய், மயிர் உண்ணல்

Origin of trichophagy

From tricho- + -phagy.

Questions about trichophagy

What does trichophagy mean?
Trichophagy means the eating of hair, typically one's own.
What is trichophagy in Tamil?
Trichophagy in Tamil is டிரைக்கோபைட்டாஸ் காளான் நோய், மயிர் உண்ணல். See Trichophagy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is trichophagy?
Trichophagy is a noun.

Words near trichophagy in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trichophagy (page history and authors); trichophagy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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