alopecic

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Etymology

From alopecia +‎ -ic.

Adjective

alopecic (comparative more alopecic, superlative most alopecic)

  1. Relating to or suffering from alopecia.
    • 2012, Judith Masters, Marco Gamba, Fabien Génin, Leaping Ahead: Advances in Prosimian Biology, page 382:
      The mortality rate of alopecic females from 2001 to 2204 was 42.9% (6/14), not significantly different from that of nonalopecic females (40%, 10/25).
    • 2012, Ronald Marks, Gerd Plewig, Skin Models, page 111:
      During the surgical procedure, up to one hundred 4 mm plugs were removed from alopecic scalp to make room for a like number of transplant plugs from nonalopecic scalp.

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