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alopecia totalis

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n.

Complete loss of scalp hair occurring either all at one time or within a short period of time.

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Words nearby alopecia totalis

alopecia hereditaria, alopecia liminaris frontalis, alopecia medicamentosa, alopecia pityrodes, alopecia symptomatica, alopecia totalis, alopecia universalis, à l'orange, losing battle, a, Alost, a lot

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Example sentences from the Web for alopecia totalis

Researchers have found that a drug approved for rheumatoid arthritis helped a patient suffering from alopecia halt his hair loss.
Can This Arthritis Drug Cure Baldness?|Erin Cunningham|June 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It signaled the arrival of an autoimmune disease called alopecia areata.
An Epidemic of Absence: Destroying the Bugs in Our Bodies Can Be Dangerous to Our Health|Moises Velasquez-Manoff|September 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Alopecia areata and morphœa have been observed associated with it.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman Stelwagon
I was handed along all the way from alopecia, which used to be called baldness, to zoster, which used to be known as shingles.
Over the Teacups|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Alopecia areata is characterized by the development of round patches more or less completely denuded of hair.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2|Various
By alopecia is meant loss of hair, either partial or complete.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman Stelwagon
Alopecia areata, on the other hand, affects both sexes with equal frequency, but affects them at different ages.
The Sexual Life of the Child|Albert Moll

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