-thrix

noun combining form

(ˌ)thriks

1

: one having (such) hair or hairlike filaments

—in generic names of plants and animals

Lagothrix

Streptothrix

2

plural -triches

(‧)trəˌkēz

or -thrixes : pathological condition of having (such) hair

lepothrix

monilethrix

Word History

Etymology

New Latin -trich-, -thrix, from Greek trich-, thrix hair

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