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trichotillomania

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trichotillomania [‚trik·ō‚til·ə ′mānē·ə]
(medicine)
An obsessive-compulsive disorder characterized by artificial alopecia secondary to manipulation of the hair.


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While it's classified as an impulse control disorder, there's still little research and tremendous debate about trichotillomania.
Still, the Hoxb8-mutated mice behaved much as people with trichotillomania do, comments psychiatrist Lewis R.
Another illness that may be linked to OCD is trichotillomania (the repeated urge to pull out scalp hair, eyelashes, or eyebrows).
 
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