单词 | pattern baldness |
释义 | > as lemmaspattern baldness pattern baldness n. genetically determined baldness in which hair is gradually lost according to a characteristic pattern; cf. male pattern baldness n. at male adj. and n.1 Compounds 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > [noun] > state of having no baldnessa1382 alopeciaa1398 pillednessa1398 callownessa1400 bald-patedness1611 calvity1623 pattern baldness1916 1916 Jrnl. Heredity 7 349/2 Congenital baldness must not be confused with pattern baldness. 1956 C. Auerbach Genetics in Atomic Age 16 The so-called pattern-baldness of men is due to a mutated gene which acts most effectively on the background of a male constitution. 2007 Nature 1 Mar. 20/3 Her mother and grandmother both developed female pattern baldness and wore wigs. < as lemmas |
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