baldness

bald  (bôld)

adj. bald·er, bald·est

1. Lacking hair on the head.

2. Lacking a natural or usual covering: a bald spot on the lawn.

3. Lacking treads: a bald tire.

4. Zoology Having white feathers or markings on the head, as in some birds or mammals.

5. Lacking ornamentation; unadorned.

6. Undisguised; blunt: a bald statement of policy.

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[Middle English balled, probably from bal, ball; see ball¹.]

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baldly adv.

baldness n.

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Baldness

See also hair; head.

acomia

baldness. Also called alopecia, phalacrosis. — acomous, adj.

alopecist

Medicine. medical specialist who treats baldness.

atrichia

Medicine. congenital or acquired baldness. Also atrichosis.

calvities, calvity

baldness, especially at the top or back of the head. — calvous, adj.

peladophobia

a dread of baldness.

phalacrosis

baldness.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

baldness - the condition of having no hair on the top of the head phalacrosis depilation, hairlessness - the condition of being void of hair 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) male pattern baldness, male-patterned baldness - loss of hair on the crown of the head

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baldness

noun hairlessness, alopecia Pathology baldheadedness, baldpatedness, glabrousness Biology

Translations

baldness [ˈbɔːldnɪs] n → calvicie f

baldness [ˈbɔːldnɪs] n → calvitie f

baldness [ˈbɔːldnɪs] n → Kahlheit f

baldness [ˈbɔːldnɪs] n → calvizie f