leukotrichia

leukotrichia

 [loo″ko-trik´e-ah]

whiteness of the hair in a circumscribed area. See also canities and poliosis.

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leu·ko·trich·i·a

(lū'kō-trik'ē-ă),

Whiteness of the hair.

[leuko- + G. thrix, hair]

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leukotrichia

An older term for white hair, especially circumscribed; it is little used in the working medical parlance.

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leu·ko·trich·i·a

(lū'kō-trik'ē-ă)

Whiteness of the hair.

[leuko- + G. thrix, hair]

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