alopecian

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English

Etymology

From alopecia +‎ -an.

Adjective

alopecian (comparative more alopecian, superlative most alopecian)

  1. Suffering from or associated with hair loss.
    • 1986, J. N. Williamson, John Maclay, Wards of Armageddon, page 375:
      He'd landed on top; Caull had struck his alopecian skull on the pole from which the national banner rose.
    • 1990, George Henry Hubert Lascelles Earl of Harewood, Opera - Volume 41, Issues 1-6, pages 226–227:
      His comparative youth skilfully disguised, Graham-Hall had the advantage over Tear in a grey head of hair which made sense of his barber's-shop visits and also eliminated the novelist's physical resemblance — publicised by the December opera cover — to Michael Chance's alopecian Apollo.
    • 1997, J. Henry Allen, Diseases and Therapeutics of the Skin, page 134:
      This, we know, is peculiar to alopecian syphilis, as well as other diseases of syphilis, also of psoriasis.

Noun

alopecian (plural alopecians)

  1. One who suffers from alopecia.
    • 1992, Sheila Jacobs, The big fall: living with hair loss, page 146:
      Most partners take their cue from how the alopecian handles the problem. One older woman commented: "If you work on believing that you are still attractive and lovable, and expect him to think so too, he will usually rise to the occasion!
    • 2008, United States. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Office on Women's Health, The healthy woman: a complete guide for all ages, page 314:
      Go to a support group. It gets easier knowing you are not alone. I don't intend to get over it, but I do intend to deal with it and support other alopecians.
    • 2017, Jeramy Dodds, Drakkar Noir:
      To save on hairnets in his delicatessen, Santa hires only alopecians from the Appalachians.
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