Tricho Trichobezoar Trichoid Trichomona Trichophagia


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Tricho Trichobezoar Trichoid Trichomona Trichophagia

Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)

Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ TRICHO~           prefix for HAIR
                    gr TRICHO = HAIR
~ TRICHOBEZOAR      med> HAIRBALL WITHIN THE
                         STOMACH OR INTESTINES
~ TRICHOID          id+ ALIKE TO HAIR
~ TRICHOMONA        biol> HAIR LIKE FLAGELLATED PARASITE
~ TRICHOPHAGIA      med> ABNORMAL HABIT OF EATING HAIR
~ TRICHOPATHY       biol> HAIR DISEASE
~ TRICHOTILLOMANIA  med> COMPULSIVE HAIR PULLING

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