MALE PATTERN BALDNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does male pattern baldness mean? 

• MALE PATTERN BALDNESS (noun)
  The noun MALE PATTERN BALDNESS has 1 sense:

1. loss of hair on the crown of the head

  Familiarity information: MALE PATTERN BALDNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALE PATTERN BALDNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Loss of hair on the crown of the head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

male-patterned baldness; male pattern baldness

Hypernyms ("male pattern baldness" is a kind of...):

baldness; phalacrosis (the condition of having no hair on the top of the head)

 Context examples 

Representative examples may include alopecia, male pattern baldness, hirsutism, and hair shaft disorders.

(Non-Neoplastic Hair Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)