alopecian

English

Etymology

alopecia +‎ -an

Adjective

alopecian (comparative more alopecian, superlative most alopecian)

1. Suffering from or associated with hair loss.
   • 1986, J. N. Williamson, John Maclay, Wards of Armageddon, page 375:

     He'd landed on top; Caull had struck his alopecian skull on the pole from which the national banner rose.

   • 1990, George Henry Hubert Lascelles Earl of Harewood, Opera - Volume 41, Issues 1-6, pages 226–227:

     His comparative youth skilfully disguised, Graham-Hall had the advantage over Tear in a grey head of hair which made sense of his barber's-shop visits and also eliminated the novelist's physical resemblance — publicised by the December opera cover — to Michael Chance's alopecian Apollo.

   • 1997, J. Henry Allen, Diseases and Therapeutics of the Skin, page 134:

     This, we know, is peculiar to alopecian syphilis, as well as other diseases of syphilis, also of psoriasis.

Noun

alopecian (plural alopecians)

1. One who suffers from alopecia.
   • 1992, Sheila Jacobs, The big fall: living with hair loss, page 146:

     Most partners take their cue from how the alopecian handles the problem. One older woman commented: "If you work on believing that you are still attractive and lovable, and expect him to think so too, he will usually rise to the occasion!

   • 2008, United States. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Office on Women's Health, The healthy woman: a complete guide for all ages, page 314:

     Go to a support group. It gets easier knowing you are not alone. I don't intend to get over it, but I do intend to deal with it and support other alopecians.

   • 2017, Jeramy Dodds, Drakkar Noir:

     To save on hairnets in his delicatessen, Santa hires only alopecians from the Appalachians.