C19: via New Latin from Greek trikhōsis growth of hair
trichosis in American English
(trɪˈkoʊsɪs)
noun
any disease of the hair
Word origin
ModL: see tricho- & -osis
trichosis in American English
(trɪˈkousɪs)
noun
Pathology
any disease of the hair
Word origin
[1685–95; trich- + -osis]This word is first recorded in the period 1685–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: accumulator, blowhole, converge, fatigue, patchwork-osis is a suffix occurring in nouns that denote actions, conditions, or states (hypnosis; leukocytosis; osmosis), esp. disorders or abnormal states (chlorosis; neurofibromatosis; tuberculosis)