alopecia

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)

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

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.

• alopecic

• hypotrichosis

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

alopecia f (plural alopecie)

1. (pathology) alopecia

• calvizie

• alopécia

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

alopecia f (plural alopecias)

1. (pathology) alopecia (loss of hair)

• queda

From Latin alopecia, from Ancient Greek ἀλωπεκία (alōpekía)

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /aloˈpeθja/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /aloˈpesja/
• Hyphenation: a‧lo‧pe‧cia

alopecia f (plural alopecias)

1. alopecia

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