alopecian

comparative more alopecian · superlative most alopecian

1. Suffering from or associated with hair loss.

   He'd landed on top; Caull had struck his alopecian skull on the pole from which the national banner rose.

   1986, J. N. Williamson, John Maclay, Wards of Armageddon, page 375

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   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.

   1990, George Henry Hubert Lascelles Earl of Harewood, Opera - Volume 41, Issues 1-6, pages 226–227

   This, we know, is peculiar to alopecian syphilis, as well as other diseases of syphilis, also of psoriasis.

   1997, J. Henry Allen, Diseases and Therapeutics of the Skin, page 134

plural alopecians

1. One who suffers from alopecia.

   To save on hairnets in his delicatessen, Santa hires only alopecians from the Appalachians.

   2017, Jeramy Dodds, Drakkar Noir

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   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!

   1992, Sheila Jacobs, The big fall: living with hair loss, page 146

   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.

   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