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‖ aloˈpecia Med.
[L. alōpecia, a. Gr. ἀλωπεκία fox-mange, also baldness in man, f. ἀλώπηξ a fox.]
A medical term for baldness.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. lxvi. (1495) 184 By that euyll callyd Allopicina nourysshynge of heer is corrupte and fayllyth, and the fore party of the heed is bare, suche men fare as foxes. 1585Lloyd Treas. Health B viij, Burne the heade of a great Ratte and myngle it wyth the droppynge of a Beare or of a hogge and anointe the head, it heleth the desease called Allopecia. 1862H. Macmillan in Macm. Mag. 462 Alopecia or baldness is much more common now than it used to be. |