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Noun: alopecia  `a-lu'pee-shee-u
  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

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Alopecurus
Alopecurus pratensis
Alopex
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Alopiidae
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