Ballantyne, some years ago, in discussing congenital hypertrichosis (Manual of Antenatal Pathology, 1902, pp.
There has been some dispute as to whether, apart from homosexuality, hypertrichosis in a woman can be regarded as an indication of a general masculinity.
A faint moustache and other slight manifestations of hypertrichosis also by no means necessarily indicate homosexuality.
A tendency to slight widely diffused hypertrichosis of the body generally, not localized or highly developed on the face, seems much more likely than a beard to be associated with masculinity, even when it occurs in little girls.
There seems little doubt that inverted women frequently tend to show minor anomalies of the piliferous system, and especially slight hypertrichosis and a masculine distribution of hair.
A typical example of slight hypertrichosis in a woman associated with general masculine traits is furnished by a description and figure of the body of a woman of 56 in an anatomical institute, furnished by C.
There was a well-marked hypertrichosis of the left forearm, the skin of which was slightly purple and discolored.
There was a hypertrichosis as well as redness, heat and perspiration of the right hand.
This hypertrichosis was exemplified in this country only a few months since by a person who went the rounds of the dime museums under the euphonious name of "Jo-Jo, the dog-face boy.
Duyse reports a case of extensive hypertrichosis of the back in a girl aged nine years; her teeth were normal; there was pigmentation of the back and numerous pigmentary nevi on the face.
Hypertrichosis is a term applied to excessive growth of hair, either as regards region, extent, age or sex.
Hypertrichosis universalis, a general hairiness of body, has been described by Cascella in a woman with very strong sexual desires, who eventually became insane.
Such hypertrichosis is frequently degenerative in character, though still often associated with the sexual system.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hypertrichosis" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
