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Excessive hairiness
Answer for the clue "Excessive hairiness ", 9 letters:
hirsutism
Word definitions for hirsutism in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Hirsutism is the excessive hairiness on women in those parts of the body where terminal hair normally is absent or minimal, such as a beard or chest hair. It refers to a male pattern of body hair ( androgenic hair ) and it is therefore primarily of cosmetic ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. excessive and increased hair growth in women in locations where the occurrence of terminal hair normally is minimal or absent
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. excessive hairiness [syn: hirsuteness ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1927, from hirsute + -ism .