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baldness
bald B0037700 (bôld)adj. bald·er, bald·est 1. Lacking hair on the head.2. Lacking a natural or usual covering: a bald spot on the lawn.3. Lacking treads: a bald tire.4. Zoology Having white feathers or markings on the head, as in some birds or mammals.5. Lacking ornamentation; unadorned.6. Undisguised; blunt: a bald statement of policy.
[Middle English balled, probably from bal, ball; see ball1. Sense 4, perhaps partly of Celtic origin; akin to Welsh bal, having a white streak on the forehead (of horses), Irish ball, spot, mark, and English blaze, white mark on the face of an animal; see blaze2.]
bald′ly adv.bald′ness n.BaldnessSee also hair; head.
acomiabaldness. Also called alopecia, phalacrosis. — acomous, adj.alopecistMedicine. medical specialist who treats baldness.atrichiaMedicine. congenital or acquired baldness. Also atrichosis.calvities, calvitybaldness, especially at the top or back of the head. — calvous, adj.peladophobiaa dread of baldness.phalacrosisbaldness.Baldness See Also:HAIR - Bald as a ballpeen hammer —Thomas Lux
- Bald as a brass knob —Beverly Farmer
- Bald as a nun —Patrick White
- Bald and wrinkled as a lizard —Sarah Bird
See Also:WRINKLES - Bald as a balloon —Percival Wilde
- Bald as a barefaced lie —Anon
- Bald as a bearing —Loren D. Estleman
- Bald as a billiard ball —Anon
Of the many objects comparatively linked with baldness, the billiard or cue ball probably ranks at the very top. - Bald as a brick —Raymond Chandler
- Bald as an egg —Anon
- Bald as a football —William Boyd
- Bald as an orange —Thomas Bailey Aldrich
- Bald as a winter tree —William Morris
- Bald as convicts —George Garrett
- Bald as peeled onion —Margaret Laurence
- Bald as the beach —William Diehl
- Bald as the palm of your hand —Richard Harris Barham
- Bald as time —Richard Prome
- Bald head shining like a polished stone —George Garrett
- The gleaming skull [of bald-headed man] shone like a supernatural sun —Sholem Asch
- Had gone completely bald very young as though to get that over with as soon as possible —Helen Hudson
- Hair beginning to recede like the polar ice cap in warm weather —Jean Thompson
- Head as smooth as a knob —Russell Baker, New York Times, May 17, 1986
- He had a bald patch on the top of his head which made him look rather like a monk —Guy De Maupassant
- He was bald, his back hair was thick and projected like one of those large tree mushrooms that grow on the mossy side of a trunk —Saul Bellow
- His bald head coming to a point, like an egg —Richard Llwellyn
- His bald head shone … like an agitated moon —Erich Maria Remarque
- His head [bald, with ring of grey-brown hair] was like the brown edges of a leaf in fall, a sign that the tree, however tall and green from a distance, was being eaten away at the edges, dying from the outside in —Jay Parini
- His strong, bald head had a dull glow, like old ivory —Ivan Bunin
- No more hair than a stone —John MacDonald
- A semi-circular fringe of white hair surrounding his bald pate like a broken halo —Margaret Millar
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  baldness - the condition of having no hair on the top of the headphalacrosisdepilation, hairlessness - the condition of being void of hairalopecia - 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)male pattern baldness, male-patterned baldness - loss of hair on the crown of the head |
baldnessnoun hairlessness, alopecia (Pathology), baldheadedness, baldpatedness, glabrousness (Biology) He wears a cap to cover a spot of baldness.Translationsbald (boːld) adjective1. (of people) with little or no hair on the head. a bald head; He is going bald (= becoming bald). 頭髮稀疏的，禿頭的 秃头的2. (of birds, animals) without feathers, fur etc. a bald patch on the dog's back. 無毛的 无毛的3. bare or plain. a bald statement of the facts. 未加修飾的，平白的 无掩饰的ˈbaldness noun 禿頭 秃，光秃 ˈbalding adjective becoming bald. 變禿的 变秃 ˈbaldly adverb in a plain or bare way. He answered her questions baldly. 不加掩飾地，露骨地 不加掩饰地，露骨地 IdiomsSeebaldbaldness
baldness, thinning or loss of hair as a result of illness, functional disorder, or hereditary disposition; also known as alopecia. Male pattern baldness, a genetic trait, is the most common cause of baldness among white males. It is carried by females, but they are rarely susceptible inasmuch as it develops under the influence of testosterone, a male sex hormone; women, however, may experience an overall thinning of the hair. Hair loss begins at the forehead and crown and is slowly progressive. Male pattern baldness may be cosmetically disguised by hair-follicle transplants. Drug treatments with minoxidil (Rogaine) or finasteride (Propecia) have been used with limited effectiveness. Diseases characterized by high fever (e.g., scarlet and typhoid fevers), malnutrition, chemotherapy, and glandular disorders can all cause balding. Treatment of the disease or dysfunction will usually halt the loss of hair, and if the scalp and hair follicles are not severely damaged, hair will usually regrow spontaneously. Scalp infection, oiliness or dirtiness of the scalp and hair, and excessive teasing and lacquering of hair are also conducive to baldness. Alopecia areata is a disease of unknown origin characterized by noninflamed bald patches in the scalp hair and beard. It is recurrent but is usually of short duration. baldness[′bȯld·nəs] (medicine) Loss or absence of hair. BaldnessAeschylusmistaking his bald head for a rock, an eagle dropped a tortoise on it, thus killing him. [Gk. Legend: Brewer Dictionary, 13]Mowgli(the Frog) name given infant by wolves for hairlessness. [Children’s Lit.: The Jungle Book]bald eagleU.S. national bird whose white head looks bald. [Am. Hist.: EB, I: 753]baldness
baldness [bawld´nes] total or partial loss or absence of hair, especially absence of the hair from the scalp; called also alopecia.common baldness androgenetic alopecia; in men called common male baldness and in women called common female baldness.male pattern baldness see alopecia" >androgenetic alopecia.al·o·pe·ci·a (al'ō-pē'shē-ă), Absence or loss of hair. Synonym(s): baldness, calvities, pelade [G. alōpekia, a disease resembling fox mange, fr. alōpēx, a fox] baldness A general term for hairlessness of the head.
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• Male pattern baldness—hair loss at the front and vertex;
• Alopecia areata—patchy hair loss;
• Alopecia capitis totalis—total hair loss on the head.al·o·pe·ci·a (al-ō-pē'shē-ă) Complete or partial absence or loss of hair. Results from normal aging, endocrine disorders, skin disease, or drug reactions (especially various forms of chemotherapy).
Synonym(s): baldness. [G. alōpekia, a disease resembling fox mange, fr. alōpēx, a fox]baldness (bald'nes) Lack of or partial loss of hair on the head. See: alopecia MALE PATTERN BALDNESSmale-pattern baldnessThe typical pattern of baldness in males in which the baldness begins in the frontal area and proceeds until only a horseshoe area of hair remains in the back and at the temples. It is due to testosterone, but genetic predisposition is also a factor. Baldness does not usually occur in males having no familial tendency to become bald. Minoxidil or finasteride has helped stimulate growth of hair in some individuals. Synonym: male-pattern alopecia See: illustrationillustrationbaldness Premature hair loss. Male baldness is common and is thought to be due to an AUTOSOMAL gene that behaves in a DOMINANT manner in males and in a RECESSIVE MANNER in females. This is called a sex-influenced trait. See also ALOPECIA.Patient discussion about baldnessQ. What medications cause hair loss? I have RA, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, allergies and depression for which I take medication. Which of these cause hair loss?A. any one of them can, you need to ask your pharmacist about it Q. Will my hair fall off if I have leukemia? I was diagnosed with ALL and I have to pass on a series of chemotherapy treatments, will my hair fall off? What are the side effects of chemotherapy?A. Sorry but Yes. Most chemotherapy drugs that will be used do have the side effect of hair loss. However, this will only be temporary and your hair will grow back, probably even better than before! This is just a minor setback, not to be concerned about it.. Q. Do you know if Propecia can truly stop hair loss and even grow back hair. do you have any statistics about it? do you know if there are any side effects to this medication?A. it does work but there is some side affects, as in E.D. while you are on the med. More discussions about baldnessbaldness
Synonyms for baldnessnoun hairlessnessSynonyms- hairlessness
- alopecia
- baldheadedness
- baldpatedness
- glabrousness
Synonyms for baldnessnoun the condition of having no hair on the top of the headSynonymsRelated Words- depilation
- hairlessness
- alopecia
- male pattern baldness
- male-patterned baldness
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