trichotillomania

[trik-uh-til-uh-mey-nee-uh]

trich·o·til·lo·ma·ni·a

[trik-uh-til-uh-mey-nee-uh]
noun Psychiatry.
a compulsion to pull out one's hair.

Origin:
1900–05; tricho- + Greek tíll(ein) to pluck, pull out + -o- + -mania
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Trichotillomania has a plethora of syllables.
So is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does it mean:
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given to using long words.
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trichotillomania trich·o·til·lo·ma·ni·a (trĭk'ō-tĭl'ə-mā'nē-ə, -mān'yə)
n.
A compulsion to pull out one's own hair.

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