Trichology


noun
1.
the science dealing with the study of the hair and its diseases.
noun
1.
the branch of medicine concerned with the hair and its diseases
noun

the study of hair, esp. functions and diseases; also called trichologia
Word Origin

Greek tricho- ‘hair’

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