epilation
noun/ˌepɪˈleɪʃn/
/ˌepɪˈleɪʃn/
[uncountable] (specialist)- the process of removing hair, including the rootsWord Originlate 19th cent.: from French épiler, from é- (expressing removal) + Latin pilus ‘strand of hair’, on the pattern of depilation.
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