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单词 plica neuropathica
释义

plica neuropathican.

Brit. /ˌplɪkə njʊərə(ʊ)ˈpaθᵻkə/, /ˌplʌɪkə njʊərə(ʊ)ˈpaθᵻkə/, U.S. /ˈˌplaɪkə ˌn(j)ʊroʊˈpæθəkə/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin plica neuropathica.
Etymology: < scientific Latin plica neuropathica (1900 or earlier: see quot. 1900) < post-classical Latin plica plica n. + scientific Latin neuropathica , feminine singular of neuropathicus neuropathic adj. Compare earlier plica polonica n.
Medicine.
Sudden matting of the hair or strands of hair into a felt-like mass, originally attributed to a nervous disorder and possibly caused by mechanical or chemical damage.
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1884 J. F. Le Page in Brit. Med. Jrnl. 5 Apr. 160/1 In the Dermatological Department of the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England may be seen a specimen bearing the designation ‘neuropathic plica’.]
1900 G. M. Gould Pocket Med. Dict. (ed. 4) 529 P[lica] neuropathica, a curling of the hair from a nervous derangement.
1912 Lancet 21 Dec. 1717/1 Plica neuropathica is the name given to a condition of idiopathic tangling or matting together of some locks of hair of the head without apparent cause.
1926 O. L. Levin Your Hair & Your Health xii. 133 A very different type of matted hair is plica neuropathica. As the name implies it is most common among nervous persons, particularly among women.
1969 Arch. Dermatol. 100 458/1 Hysteria was described as a prominent feature in five of the seven women previously reported with plica neuropathica.
2004 Pediatric Dermatol. 21 Plica neuropathica is a rare, acquired condition of sudden onset characterized by irreversible matting of hair.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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