‖ trichosis Path.
(trɪˈkəʊsɪs)
[med. or mod.L., a. Gr. τρίχωσις growth of hair (f. τριχοῦν ‘to cover with hair’, in pass. ‘to be hairy’).]
a. = trichiasis a. b. = trichoma 1.
| 1693 tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Trichosis, the same with Trichiasis. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Trichiasis, or Trichosis, a growing of much Hair. 1890 Billings Med. Dict., Trichosis, disease of the hair, plica. |