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trichology

noun

  1. the study of hair and scalp
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /tɹʌɪˈkɒləd͡ʒi/

noun

Etymology: From tricho- + -logy, from Ancient Greek.

  1. The science or study of hair.

    “The remaining chapters cover diseases of the hairy skin and summarize recent developments in laboratory and experimental trichology.”

    “They had spread themselves beneath the oaks and chestnuts and planted the green banks with tussocks of crocuses; it was more like some exercise in trichology than horticulture.”