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POLIOSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does poliosis mean?
• POLIOSIS (noun)
The noun POLIOSIS has 1 sense:
1. loss of color from the hair
Familiarity information: POLIOSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Loss of color from the hair
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("poliosis" is a kind of...):
depigmentation (absence or loss of pigmentation (or less than normal pigmentation) in the skin or hair)
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