alopecia

• alopecy (dated)

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌæl.əʊˈpiː.ʃə/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (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, whether natural or caused by disease.
   • 2022 March 28, Nadia Khomami, “‘Violence instead of words’: Will Smith condemned for hitting Chris Rock at the Oscars”, in The Guardian‎:

     “Jada, can’t wait for GI Jane 2,” Rock said in an apparent reference to her shaved hair, which is a result of the hair loss condition alopecia.

• alopecic

• hypotrichosis

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

• IPA^(key): /a.lo.peˈt͡ʃi.a/, /a.loˈpɛ.t͡ʃa/[1]
• Rhymes: -ia, -ɛtʃa
• Hyphenation: a‧lo‧pe‧cì‧a, a‧lo‧pè‧cia

alopecia f (plural alopecie)

1. (pathology) alopecia

   Synonym: calvizie

• alopécia

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

• Hyphenation: a‧lo‧pe‧ci‧a

alopecia f (plural alopecias)

1. (pathology) alopecia (loss of hair)

   Synonym: queda

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

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aloˈpeθja/ [a.loˈpe.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /aloˈpesja/ [a.loˈpe.sja]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -eθja
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -esja
• Syllabification: a‧lo‧pe‧cia

alopecia f (plural alopecias)

1. alopecia

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