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trichotic

trichotic adjective: exhibiting or relating to trichosis; hairy.

Adjective (1)

trichotic (not comparable)

  1. Exhibiting or relating to trichosis; hairy.
    • In the first place truly neoplastic melanomas are uncommon before puberty; anomalously, such lesions may be trichotic, whereas hair-bearing melanotic lesions in adults rarely become malignant.1955, The New England Journal of Medicine, page 21

Adjective (2)

trichotic (not comparable)

  1. Trichotomous; divided into three.
    • Interpreting this in light of Paul's trichotic description of man in 1 Thessalonians 5:23, Origen concluded that Scripture, too, had a trichotic structure. The "body, soul, and spirit" of a man correspond respectively to the literal, moral and allegorical-mystical senses of Scripture.1991, Robert W. Herron, Mark's account of Peter's denial of Jesus, page 21

Origin of trichotic

From tricho- + -otic.

Questions about trichotic

What does trichotic mean?
Trichotic means exhibiting or relating to trichosis; hairy.
What part of speech is trichotic?
Trichotic is an adjective.

Words near trichotic in the dictionary

  1. trichothecene
  2. trichothecenes
  3. trichothiodystrophic
  4. trichothiodystrophies
  5. trichothiodystrophy
  6. trichotic
  7. trichotillomania
  8. trichotillomanic
  9. trichotomic
  10. trichotomies
  11. trichotomise

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