An abnormal medical condition involving irregular or mixed types of hair growth on the human body.
From Greek 'hetero-' (different) and 'trich-' (hair) with the suffix '-osis' (denoting a condition or disease), following medical terminology conventions.
This rare condition shows how the prefix 'hetero-' entered medical vocabulary—doctors use it to describe any body part that should be uniform but comes in unexpected varieties or patterns.
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