alopecian.

Brit.

/ˌaləˈpiːʃ(ɪ)ə/, U.S.

/ˌæləˈpiʃ(i)ə/

Forms: Middle English allopiciam, Middle English allopicina (perhaps transmission error), Middle English allopucia, Middle English–1500s allopicia, Middle English–1500s alopicia, 1500s–1600s allopecia, 1500s– alopecia, 1800s alopekia.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin alōpecia.

Etymology: < classical Latin alōpecia (in post-classical Latin also alopicia ) bald patch on the head (apparently caused by a form of mange) < ancient Greek ἀλωπεκία bald patch on the head, in Hellenistic Greek (possibly already in ancient Greek: the example in Sophocles is uncertain) also disease, like mange in foxes, in which hair falls off (Galen) < ἀλώπηξ fox ( < the same Indo-European base as Armenian ałuēs and probably also Old Prussian lape , Lithuanian lapė , (with a suffix) Latvian lapsa ) + -ία -ia suffix¹. Compare Middle French, French alopécie (1538; 1377 as allopice , alopicie , 15th cent. as alopicia , 1505 as allopecie ), Old Occitan allopicia (c1350), Catalan alopècia (1696), Spanish alopecia (mid 16th cent.; 1250 as †lopicia ; formerly also as †alopesia , †alopicia , etc.), Portuguese alopecia (17th cent.; 15th cent. as alopicia ), Italian alopecia (beginning of the 14th cent.; also 14th cent. as †alopezia , †alopicia ). Compare alopecy n.In form allopiciam after the Latin accusative form.

Partial or total loss of hair from the head or other part of the body; baldness; an instance of this. Also (in later use frequently with distinguishing English or scientific Latin word): any of various disorders or diseases resulting in this; (in early use) spec. †a form of leprosy (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > [noun] > state of having no

baldnessa1382

alopeciaa1398

pillednessa1398

callownessa1400

bald-patedness1611

calvity1623

pattern baldness1916

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > disorders of hair > [noun] > loss of hair

alopeciaa1398

alopecya1400

red scall1578

foxes evil1607

fox-evil1659

area1661

madarosis1684

pelade1753

defluvium1817

trichorrhœa1860

hypotrichosis1896

pseudopelade1909

androgenic alopecia1970

androgenetic alopecia1977

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. lxvi. 289 A special yuel þat phisicians clepen allopiciam [1495 Allopicina]. By þat yuel þe nurtur of heer is corrupt and faileþ, and þe heer falleþ, and þe ferþe partye of þe heed is bare.

a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 180 (MED) Allopucia is a maner spice of lepre þat comeþ of rotid fleume.

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 122 (MED) Vnpropre baldnez which is allopucia [L. allopicia], which is made of corrupt humours.

1526 Grete Herball sig. Dd.iv/3 Agaynst alopicia, or fallynge of the heares.

1585 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Health (new ed.) sig. 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.

1610 T. Morton Encounter against M. Parsons To Christian Rdr. sig. *4 The Toller caps the fellow, and with that perceiueth that he had an other disease on his head, called Alopecia.

1660 J. Harding tr. B. Valentine Triumphant Chariot Antimony 145 It makes the skin bright, and heales the Alopecia or head scab.

1712 Bibliotheca Anatomica II. 679/1 When the falling off of the Hair proceeds from a confirm'd Pox, the several Preparations of Mercury, Sudorificks,..&c. are very proper; for by these Means, the Pox it self, as well as the Alopecia, is cured.

1770 D. Ritchie Treat. Hair 14 Area, is the falling off of the hair from certain parts of the head, so as to leave bare and bald patches here and there, arising from a bad and corrupt humour fretting the roots of the hair; which he divides into two sorts: first, Alopecia, which keeps in its spreading any kind of figure, and happens in the head at any age.

1808 R. Willan On Cutaneous Dis. Introd. p. ii This will appear from comparing their [sc. the Greeks'] accounts of..Madarosis, Milphosis, Ptilosis, Alopecia and Ophiasis.

1862 H. Macmillan in Macmillan's Mag. 462 Alopecia or baldness is much more common now than it used to be.

1940 L. McCarthy Diagnosis & Treatm. Dis. Hair vi. 553 In cases of sudden loss of hair following a shock, in which the eyebrows and eyelashes are also involved, it may be impossible to say whether we are dealing with defluvium capillorum or with an alopecia totalis.

1972 P. O'Brian Post Captain xii. 332 He had an oddly criminal look of alopecia or the common mange.

2006 New Yorker 9 Jan. 43/1 Each pair of drawings illustrated a typical stage in the slow but implacable progress of androgenetic alopecia, or male-pattern baldness.

Compounds

alopecia areata n. [ < scientific Latin alopecia areata (1763 or earlier) < classical Latin alōpecia alopecia n. + scientific Latin areata ( < classical Latin ārea a bald patch (Celsus); in post-classical Latin also a type of baldness (see area n. 8) + -āta -ate suffix²)] Medicine a disorder, probably of autoimmune origin, typically resulting in loss of hair in patches from the scalp; cf. pelade n.

ΚΠ

1833 J. Forbes et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. I. 49/2 Sometimes parts of the body are entirely deprived of their hairs, presenting smooth shining patches perfectly bald; these are the areæ of Celsus, the alopecia areata of Sauvages, the porrigo decalvans of Willan.

1934 Med. Rec. (N.Y.) 140 545/1 Clinical recognition of alopecia totalis and of alopecia areata presents but few diagnostic difficulties.

2010 Guardian 29 Jan. (Hair Loss Suppl.) 4/2 Alopecia areata, often known as spot baldness, arises more often in women, but also affects some men.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alopecia
释义	alopecian. Brit. /ˌaləˈpiːʃ(ɪ)ə/, U.S. /ˌæləˈpiʃ(i)ə/ Forms: Middle English allopiciam, Middle English allopicina (perhaps transmission error), Middle English allopucia, Middle English–1500s allopicia, Middle English–1500s alopicia, 1500s–1600s allopecia, 1500s– alopecia, 1800s alopekia. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin alōpecia. Etymology: < classical Latin alōpecia (in post-classical Latin also alopicia ) bald patch on the head (apparently caused by a form of mange) < ancient Greek ἀλωπεκία bald patch on the head, in Hellenistic Greek (possibly already in ancient Greek: the example in Sophocles is uncertain) also disease, like mange in foxes, in which hair falls off (Galen) < ἀλώπηξ fox ( < the same Indo-European base as Armenian ałuēs and probably also Old Prussian lape , Lithuanian lapė , (with a suffix) Latvian lapsa ) + -ία -ia suffix¹. Compare Middle French, French alopécie (1538; 1377 as allopice , alopicie , 15th cent. as alopicia , 1505 as allopecie ), Old Occitan allopicia (c1350), Catalan alopècia (1696), Spanish alopecia (mid 16th cent.; 1250 as †lopicia ; formerly also as †alopesia , †alopicia , etc.), Portuguese alopecia (17th cent.; 15th cent. as alopicia ), Italian alopecia (beginning of the 14th cent.; also 14th cent. as †alopezia , †alopicia ). Compare alopecy n.In form allopiciam after the Latin accusative form. Partial or total loss of hair from the head or other part of the body; baldness; an instance of this. Also (in later use frequently with distinguishing English or scientific Latin word): any of various disorders or diseases resulting in this; (in early use) spec. †a form of leprosy (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > [noun] > state of having no baldnessa1382 alopeciaa1398 pillednessa1398 callownessa1400 bald-patedness1611 calvity1623 pattern baldness1916 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > disorders of hair > [noun] > loss of hair alopeciaa1398 alopecya1400 red scall1578 foxes evil1607 fox-evil1659 area1661 madarosis1684 pelade1753 defluvium1817 trichorrhœa1860 hypotrichosis1896 pseudopelade1909 androgenic alopecia1970 androgenetic alopecia1977 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. lxvi. 289 A special yuel þat phisicians clepen allopiciam [1495 Allopicina]. By þat yuel þe nurtur of heer is corrupt and faileþ, and þe heer falleþ, and þe ferþe partye of þe heed is bare. a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 180 (MED) Allopucia is a maner spice of lepre þat comeþ of rotid fleume. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 122 (MED) Vnpropre baldnez which is allopucia [L. allopicia], which is made of corrupt humours. 1526 Grete Herball sig. Dd.iv/3 Agaynst alopicia, or fallynge of the heares. 1585 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Health (new ed.) sig. 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. 1610 T. Morton Encounter against M. Parsons To Christian Rdr. sig. 4 The Toller caps the fellow, and with that perceiueth that he had an other disease on his head, called Alopecia. 1660 J. Harding tr. B. Valentine Triumphant Chariot Antimony* 145 It makes the skin bright, and heales the Alopecia or head scab. 1712 Bibliotheca Anatomica II. 679/1 When the falling off of the Hair proceeds from a confirm'd Pox, the several Preparations of Mercury, Sudorificks,..&c. are very proper; for by these Means, the Pox it self, as well as the Alopecia, is cured. 1770 D. Ritchie Treat. Hair 14 Area, is the falling off of the hair from certain parts of the head, so as to leave bare and bald patches here and there, arising from a bad and corrupt humour fretting the roots of the hair; which he divides into two sorts: first, Alopecia, which keeps in its spreading any kind of figure, and happens in the head at any age. 1808 R. Willan On Cutaneous Dis. Introd. p. ii This will appear from comparing their [sc. the Greeks'] accounts of..Madarosis, Milphosis, Ptilosis, Alopecia and Ophiasis. 1862 H. Macmillan in Macmillan's Mag. 462 Alopecia or baldness is much more common now than it used to be. 1940 L. McCarthy Diagnosis & Treatm. Dis. Hair vi. 553 In cases of sudden loss of hair following a shock, in which the eyebrows and eyelashes are also involved, it may be impossible to say whether we are dealing with defluvium capillorum or with an alopecia totalis. 1972 P. O'Brian Post Captain xii. 332 He had an oddly criminal look of alopecia or the common mange. 2006 New Yorker 9 Jan. 43/1 Each pair of drawings illustrated a typical stage in the slow but implacable progress of androgenetic alopecia, or male-pattern baldness. Compounds alopecia areata n. [ < scientific Latin alopecia areata (1763 or earlier) < classical Latin alōpecia alopecia n. + scientific Latin areata ( < classical Latin ārea a bald patch (Celsus); in post-classical Latin also a type of baldness (see area n. 8) + -āta -ate suffix²)] Medicine a disorder, probably of autoimmune origin, typically resulting in loss of hair in patches from the scalp; cf. pelade n. ΚΠ 1833 J. Forbes et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. I. 49/2 Sometimes parts of the body are entirely deprived of their hairs, presenting smooth shining patches perfectly bald; these are the areæ of Celsus, the alopecia areata of Sauvages, the porrigo decalvans of Willan. 1934 Med. Rec. (N.Y.) 140 545/1 Clinical recognition of alopecia totalis and of alopecia areata presents but few diagnostic difficulties. 2010 Guardian 29 Jan. (Hair Loss Suppl.) 4/2 Alopecia areata, often known as spot baldness, arises more often in women, but also affects some men. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1398
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