[Ads-l] trichster (1996)

[Mark Mandel]

Yeah, but that's almost certainly coined by the patients, whom I wouldn't
expect in general to be familiar with etymology of Greek-based medical
terms, so I give them a bye.

MAM


On Thu, Oct 3, 2019, 1:00 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:

> True, but the same tillo(mania)-truncation is present in “trichster”
> itself.
>
> > On Oct 3, 2019, at 12:21 PM, Mark Mandel <markamandel at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > No, that would mean something like the measurement of hair:
> >
> > The name *[trichotillomania]* was created by François Henri Hallopeau in
> > 1889, from the Greek θρίξ/τριχ; thrix (meaning "hair"), along with
> τίλλειν;
> > tíllein (meaning "to pull"), and μανία; mania (meaning "madness").[6]
> > -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichotillomania
> >
> > MAM
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 3, 2019, 11:12 AM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> >> I assume the scientific measurement of this disorder and its dimensions
> is
> >> known as trichonometry.
> >>
> >> LH
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Oct 3, 2019, at 5:51 AM, Barretts Mail <mail.barretts at GMAIL.COM>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Not in the OED, Merriam-Webster or Wiktionary.
> >>>
> >>> 1. Obsessive-compulsive Disorder: Decade of the Brain
> >>> https://tinyurl.com/y5r74ngj <https://tinyurl.com/y5r74ngj>
> >>> Revision: Sept 1996
> >>> National Institute of Mental Health
> >>>
> >>> ####
> >>> email: trichster at aol.com
> >>> ####
> >>> ####
> >>
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