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[al'-ah-PEE-shah, al'-ah-PEE-shee-ah] 
1. loss or absence of hair, especially on the head; baldness: "'This is your future,' warned my uncle, bowing his head so I could get a better view of his alopecia."
adjective form: alopecic
Origin:
Approximately 1350; from Greek, 'alopekia': baldness, fox mange, from 'alopek-': fox. In action:
"As Mr. Berloni put it, 'Rescued pets often come with baggage.'
Baggage like Stanley's, for example. In June, he was transported by police officers to the Humane Society of New York in Manhattan after a two-car accident left him with a broken hind leg, broken ribs, a head wound, bodily abrasions and patches of alopecia. He underwent leg surgery, and after being fitted with a leg cast he was transferred to the cat floor because of his fear of other dogs.
Nonetheless, Arisa Itami, 33, a jazz singer from Japan, found him 'cute and amazing,' and adopted him."
Arianne Cohen. "Nerves as Frayed as the Sofa? Call Your Own Dog Whisperer," The New York Times (February 1, 2007).
"Gail Porter is having a bad time. Again. You can tell because she's trying so hard to make it look as if she's having a good time, out on the town, dancing, drinking and kissing a stranger.
But then the Scots presenter with the amazing eyes is schooled in the art of putting on a brave face. Her life has been an emotional rollercoaster; her successful career as the presenter of shows such as Fully Booked, Top Of The Pops, The Movie Chart Show and Wish You Were Here blighted by anorexia, bipolar disorder, post-natal depression and alopecia."
"Gail Porter: A rollercoaster girl laid bare," [Op/Ed] Scotsman.com (April 22, 2007).
"3. GENETIC JOLT: Typical locks grow at the rate of about one-half an inch a month - each lasting two to six years. At that point, the hair 'rests' for a period, falls out, then the follicle from which it sprang grows a new one. In women who are genetically predisposed to shedding (the majority of sufferers), hormones called androgens interfere with this process. The condition is medically known as androgenic alopecia."
Madeleine Marr. "Things you didn't know about female hair loss," McClatchy Newspapers (April 16, 2007).
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