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Alopecia

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noun. Loss of hair; baldness.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

noun. Baldness; loss of hair. Also written alopecy.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

noun. Loss of the hair; baldness.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

noun. Baldness.

noun. Deficiency of the hair, may be caused by failure to grow or loss after growth.

noun. Loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers, which either happens naturally or is caused by disease.

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noun. loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers; in humans it can result from heredity or hormonal imbalance or certain diseases or drugs and treatments (chemotherapy for cancer)

Word Usage

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cross-reference

alopecia areata alopecia pityrodes alopecia unguium hypotrichosis

Equivalent

alopecy

Form

alopecia areata alopecia capitis totalis alopecia hereditaria alopecia liminalis frontalis alopecia medicamentosa

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

baldness phalacrosis

Hyponym

Words that are more specific

alopecia areata

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Synonym

Words with the same meaning

baldness