alopecia


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
alopecia /ˌaləˈpiːʃə/
noun Medicine the absence of hair from areas of the body where it normally grows.
– origin ME: via L. from Gk alōpekia, lit. ‘fox mange’, from alōpēx ‘fox’.
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