1. 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)

Derived forms: alopecias

See also: alopecic

Type of: baldness, phalacrosis

Encyclopedia: Alopecia

• Epacris purpurascens
• epact
• epanalepsis
• epanaphora
• epanodos
• epanorthosis
• eparch
• eparchial
• eparchy
• epaulet
• epaulette
• epauliere
• epeirogenesis
• epeirogeny
• ependyma
• epenthesis
• epenthetic
• epergne
• epexegesis
• epha
• ephah
• ephebe
• ephedra
• Ephedra sinica
• Ephedraceae