Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trichophagia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tri-chopha-gia
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Compulsive eating of hair.

Uncountable

Etymology

From tricho- + -phagia.

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Questions

What does trichophagia mean?
Compulsive eating of hair.
Where does trichophagia come from?
From tricho- + -phagia.

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