alopecia

See also: alopécia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alopecia, from the Ancient Greek ἀλωπεκία (alōpekía, “fox-mange”), from ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx, “fox”) + -ia, (a formative ending used in Ancient Greek, especially used in naming diseases)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæl.əʊˈpiː.ʃə/
• enPR: ăl'-ō-pē"-shə, ăl'-ō-pē"-sē-ə, IPA^(key): /æloʊˈpiː.ʃ(i)ə/, /æloʊˈpiː.si.ə/
• Rhymes: -iːʃə

Noun

alopecia (countable and uncountable, plural alopecias)

1. Baldness.
2. (pathology) Deficiency of the hair, which may be caused by failure to grow or loss after growth.
3. (medicine) Loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers, which either happens naturally or is caused by disease.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• alopecia areata
• alopecia capitis totalis
• alopecia hereditaria
• alopecia liminalis frontalis
• alopecia medicamentosa
• alopecia pityrodes
• alopecia symptomatica
• alopecia totalis
• traction alopecia

Related terms

• alopecic

Translations

baldness — see baldness

pathology: deficiency of the hair

• Catalan: alopècia f
• Finnish: kaljuuntuminen (fi), alopekia
• French: alopécie (fr) f
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• German: Haarlosigkeit f
• Russian: алопе́ция (ru) f (alopécija)
• Spanish: alopecia (es) f

medicine: loss of hair

• Catalan: alopècia f
• Finnish: kaljuuntuminen (fi)
• French: alopécie (fr) f
• German: Haarausfall (de) m
• Greek: αλωπεκία (el) f (alopekía)
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• Polish: łysienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: alopecia (pt) f, alopécia f
• Russian: облысе́ние (ru) n (oblysénije)
• Spanish: alopecia (es) f

See also

• hypotrichosis

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin alopecia, from Ancient Greek ἀλωπεκία (alōpekía).

Noun

alopecia f (plural alopecie)

1. (pathology) alopecia

Synonyms

• calvizie

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• alopécia

Etymology

From Latin alopecia, from Ancient Greek ἀλωπεκία (alōpekía).

Noun

alopecia f (plural alopecias)

1. (pathology) alopecia (loss of hair)

Synonyms

• queda

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin alopecia, from Ancient Greek ἀλωπεκία (alōpekía)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aloˈpeθja/ [a.loˈpe.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aloˈpesja/ [a.loˈpe.sja]
• Hyphenation: a‧lo‧pe‧cia

Noun

alopecia f (plural alopecias)

1. alopecia

Further reading

• “alopecia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014