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hirsutism

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Excessive and increased hair growth in locations where terminal hair is normally minimal or absent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: dermatology, medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

excessive hairiness

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hirsuteness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hairiness, pilosity

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English hirsute Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English hirsutism From hirsute + -ism.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: hirsutisme — excessive and increased hair growth
  • Danish: hirsutisme — excessive and increased hair growth
  • Dutch: overbeharing — excessive and increased hair growth
  • Dutch: hirsutisme — excessive and increased hair growth
  • Esperanto: hirtismo — excessive and increased hair growth
  • Estonian: liigkarvasus — excessive and increased hair growth
  • Estonian: hirsutism — excessive and increased hair growth
  • Finnish: hirsutismi — excessive and increased hair growth
  • French: hirsutisme — excessive and increased hair growth
  • Galician: hirsutismo — excessive and increased hair growth
  • German: Hirsutismus — excessive and increased hair growth
  • Greek: δασυτριχισμός (dasytrichismós) — excessive and increased hair growth
  • Italian: irsutismo — excessive and increased hair growth
  • Persian: هیرسوتیسم (hirsutism) — excessive and increased hair growth
  • Polish: hirsutyzm — excessive and increased hair growth
  • Portuguese: hirsutismo — excessive and increased hair growth
  • Romanian: hirsutism — excessive and increased hair growth
  • Spanish: hirsutismo — excessive and increased hair growth
  • Swedish: hirsutism — excessive and increased hair growth