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Definition: Hirsutism |
HirsutismNoun1. Excessive hairiness. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Excess hair in females and children with an adult male pattern of distribution. The concept does not include hypertrichosis, which is localized or generalized excess hair. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Hirsutism, or excessive growth of hair on the face, torso and limbs, is a condition generally caused by hormone imbalance. It is a common sign of PCOS in women. It can also be caused by a pituitary tumour or other serious medical conditions.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hirsutism."
Synonym: HirsutismSynonym: hirsuteness (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Hirsutism |
| English words defined with "hirsutism": Loniten ♦ minoxidil ♦ Rogaine. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "hirsutism": Cyproterone ♦ Hyperandrogenism, Hypertrichosis. (references) |
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| "Hirsutism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Hirsutism" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
hirsutism | 206 |
hirsutism picture | 7 |
hirsutism photo | 5 |
hirsutism treatment | 5 |
hirsutism remedy | 3 |
saw palmetto and hirsutism | 3 |
hirsutism medication pcos | 3 |
hirsutism image | 2 |
female hirsutism | 2 |
hirsutism pcos | 2 |
hirsutism metformin pcos | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "hirsutism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | hirsutisme. (various references) | |
Dutch | hirsutisme. (various references) | |
Finnish | hirsutismi, runsaskarvaisuus, liikakarvaisuus. (various references) | |
French | hirsutisme. (various references) | |
German | Hirsutismus. (various references) | |
Greek | υπερτρίχωση (hypertrichiasis, hypertrichosis), δασυτριχισμός. (various references) | |
Hungarian | nagyfokú szőrösség. (various references) | |
Italian | irsutismo. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | irsutismhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | hirsutismo. (various references) | |
Spanish | hirsutismo facial, hirsutismo. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | barba virilis. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "hirsutism": hirsutisms. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "h-i-i-m-r-s-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: isthmus, missuit, sistrum, trismus, truisms. | |
-3 letters: hursts, isthmi, mirths, musths, rishis, shirts, smiths, strums, surimi, thrums, truism, tsuris. | |
-4 letters: hists, hurst, hurts, mirth, mists, mitis, musth, musts, rishi, risus, rusts, ruths, shims, shirt, shist, shris, shuts, situs, smith, smuts, stirs, strum, stums, suits, sushi, thrum, trims, truss. | |
-5 letters: hiss, hist, hits, hums, hurt, huts. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-i-i-m-r-s-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: hirsutisms. | |
+4 letters: triumphalisms, triumphalists. | |
+5 letters: disfurnishment. | |
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