trichoclasmania
(s) (noun) (no pl)
Compulsive pulling, stroking, or the pulling out of one's hair; trichotillomania: Sally's presents were concerned about their daughter because she was always twisting and pulling out her beautiful hair, and their doctor said it was a condition of trichoclasmania which could be treated.
trichokryptomania
(s) (noun) (no pl)
An abnormal desire to break off one's hair or beard with the fingernails: Trichokryptomania is a psychogenic disorder in which a person is compelled to break or pull out one's hair, ofen combined with the obsessive urge to manipulate it.
trichomania
(s) (noun) ((no pl)
An intense fascination with hair: Melanie loved her long locks of hair and her passionate interest and an obsession with combing it caused her friends to term her of having a case of trichomania.
trichorrhexomania, trichokryptomania
(s) (noun) (no pl)
An impulse to pinch off one’s hair: Old Mr. Clark had a case of trichorrhexomania which was a strong compulsion to break off hairs of the scalp or beard with the fingernails.
trichotillomania
(s) noun)
(no pl)
A compulsive desire to pull out one's own hair:
Trichotillomania is the pleasure, gratification, or relief when yanking out one's hair.
Trichotillomania is the unnatural and irresistible urge to extract one's own hair.
It is estimated that eight million Americans are affected by this compulsive action.
Sites of hair pulling may include any region of the body in which hair may grow with the most common areas being the scalp, eyebrows, and eyelashes. Stressful circumstances frequently cause some increased hair-pulling behavior, but increased hair pulling also occurs in states of relaxation and distraction; such as, when watching television or reading a book.
Trichotillomania (TTM) or "trich" is an impulse control disorder characterized by the repeated urge to pull out scalp hair, eyelashes, beard hair, nose hair, pubic hair, eyebrows or other body hair. It may be distantly related to obsessive-compulsive disorder, with which it shares both similarities and differences.
tristemania or tristimania
Melancholia [a major depressive condition such as feelings of painful dejection or an irritable mood] or extreme sadness.
troglomania
(s) (noun), troglomanias
(pl)
An abnormal desire to be in or to dwell in subterranean cavities: Sam, the strange young man who was seen in the village, appeared to experience a form of troglomania, preferring to live in a cavern instead of a house.
troglomaniac
(s) (noun), troglomaniacs
(pl)
Someone who has an abnormal desire to be in or to reside in underground chambers: Although the old man had been diagnosed as a troglomaniac, his condition was not considered life-threatening and he was allowed to continue to live in the nearby tunnel in the mountain.
tromomania
Delirium tremens [an acute hallucinatory delirium, marked memory impairment, disorientation, and a coarse, generalized tremor that involves particularly the fingers, face, and tongue].
Turkomania
A rage for Turkish manners or customs; excessive favor of Turkish policy.
typhomania
A muttering delerium characteristic of that in typhoid fever and typhus.
typomania
1. A craze for seeing one’s writings or name in print; a craze for typology or symbolism.
2. A mania for writing for publication.
uranomania
The delusion that one comes from celestial, or extraterrestrial, origins.
uteromania
Nymphomania or insanity associated with uterine disorders.
uxoricidomania
Obsession with thoughts of killing one's wife.
You can find self-scoring quizzes over many of the words in this subject area by going to this
Compulsive Behavior page.
Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "anger, angry; rage, wrath, fury; rave":
fur-, furi-;
ira-;
lysso-;
rab-, rav-.
