alopecia

See also: alopécia

English

Alternative forms

• alopecy (dated)

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

• (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

Noun

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^[1]:

     “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.

Derived terms

• alopecia adnata
• alopecia androgenetica
• alopecia areata
• alopecia capitis totalis
• alopecia congenitalis
• alopecia hereditaria
• alopecia liminaris frontalis
• alopecia medicamentosa
• alopecian
• alopecia pityrodes
• alopecia symptomatica
• alopecia totalis
• alopecia universalis
• alopecist
• androgenetic alopecia
• androgenic alopecia
• antialopecia
• traction alopecia
• traumatic alopecia

 

Related terms

• alopecic

Translations

baldness — see baldness

pathology: deficiency of the hair

• Catalan: alopècia f
• Finnish: kaljuuntuminen (fi), alopekia
• French: alopécie (fr) f
• German: Haarlosigkeit (de) f
• Indonesian: alopesia (id)
• Russian: алопе́ция (ru) f (alopécija)
• Spanish: alopecia (es) f

medicine: loss of hair

• Arabic: ثَعْلَبَة (ar) f (ṯaʕlaba)
• Catalan: alopècia f
• Finnish: kaljuuntuminen (fi)
• French: alopécie (fr) f
• German: Haarausfall (de) m
• Greek: αλωπεκία (el) f (alopekía)
• Indonesian: alopesia (id)
• Polish: łysienie (pl) n, alopecja (pl) f
• Portuguese: alopecia (pt) f, alopécia f
• Russian: облысе́ние (ru) n (oblysénije)
• Spanish: alopecia (es) f

See also

• hypotrichosis

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

alopecia f (plural alopecie)

1. (pathology) alopecia

   Synonym: calvizie

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• alopécia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.lo.peˈsi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.lo.peˈsi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.lo.peˈsi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lu.pɨˈsi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧lo‧pe‧ci‧a

Noun

alopecia f (plural alopecias)

1. (pathology) alopecia (loss of hair)

   Synonym: queda

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

alopecia f (plural alopecias)

1. alopecia

Derived terms

• alopécico

 

Further reading

• “alopecia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28