‖ hystriciasis Path.
(hɪstrɪˈsaɪəsɪs)
[f. L. hystric-em, after elephantiasis: see -asis.]
(See quot.)
| 1811 Hooper Med. Dict., Hystriciasis, a disease of the hairs, in which they stand erect, like porcupine quills. An account..is to be seen in the Philosophical Transactions, No. 424 (1732). |