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PHALACROSIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The condition of having no hair on the top of the head
Synonyms:
baldness; phalacrosis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("phalacrosis" is a kind of...):
depilation; hairlessness (the condition of being void of hair)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "phalacrosis"):
alopecia (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))
male-patterned baldness; male pattern baldness (loss of hair on the crown of the head)
