The word “trich” is derived from the Greek word “thrix” which means pertaining to hair. Hence, terminologies or medical words starting with “trich” are related to hair more often than… Click to show full abstract
The word “trich” is derived from the Greek word “thrix” which means pertaining to hair. Hence, terminologies or medical words starting with “trich” are related to hair more often than not. However, there are also “trichs” which are unrelated to hair. Since the terminologies are extensive and are spread across the literature related and unrelated to hair, authors have attempted to arbitrarily classify and club these into various groups for the sake of convenience.
               
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