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trichotillomania

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

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  • rhymes with -eɪniə

1

noun

Meaning 1

A medical disorder where someone compulsively pulls their own hair out.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hair-pulling disorder

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an irresistible urge to pull out your own hair

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mania, passion, cacoethes

History

Etymology

From tricho- + Ancient Greek τίλλω (tíllō, “I pull out, pluck”) + -mania.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: هوس نتف الشعر — disorder
  • Catalan: tricotilomanía — disorder
  • Chinese Mandarin: 拔毛癖 (bámáopǐ) — disorder
  • Danish: trikotillomani — disorder
  • Dutch: trichotillomanie — disorder
  • Dutch: TTM — disorder
  • Finnish: trikotillomania — disorder
  • French: trichotillomanie — disorder
  • French: TTM — disorder
  • German: Trichotillomanie — disorder
  • German: Tricho — disorder
  • German: Trich — disorder
  • German: TTM — disorder
  • German: zwanghaftes Haareausreissen — disorder
  • Greek: τριχοτιλλομανία (trichotillomanía) — disorder
  • Hebrew: טריכוטילומניה — disorder
  • Icelandic: hárreitisýki — disorder
  • Italian: tricotillomania — disorder
  • Japanese: 抜毛症 — disorder
  • Japanese: 抜毛癖 — disorder
  • Macedonian: трихотиломанија (trihotilomanija) — disorder
  • Norwegian: trikotillomani — disorder
  • Polish: trichotillomania — disorder
  • Portuguese: tricotilomania — disorder
  • Russian: трихотилломания (trixotillomanija) — disorder
  • Serbo-Croatian: trihotilomanija — disorder
  • Spanish: tricotilomanía — disorder
  • Swahili: trikotilomania — disorder
  • Swedish: trikotillomani — disorder
  • Turkish: trikotillomani — disorder