ALOPECIA AREATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alopecia areata mean? 

• ALOPECIA AREATA (noun)
  The noun ALOPECIA AREATA has 1 sense:

1. patchy baldness

  Familiarity information: ALOPECIA AREATA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALOPECIA AREATA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Patchy baldness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("alopecia areata" is a kind of...):

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))

 Context examples 

Used topically in the treatment of psoriasis, dermatoses, and alopecia areata, it is also used in biomedical research due to its effect on EGFR autophosphorylation.

(Anthralin, NCI Thesaurus)