Author
Proudofmines
Registerd: 2006/07
Posted:Apr 23, 2007 12:30PM |
Subject: This week's theme is: HairLESS
Message: alopecia
(noun)
[al'-ah-PEE-shah, al'-ah-PEE-shee-ah]
1. loss or absence of hair, especially on the head; baldness: "'This is your future,' warned my uncle, bowing his head so I could get a better view of his alopecia."
adjective form: alopecic
Origin:
Approximately 1350; from Greek, 'alopekia': baldness, fox mange, from 'alopek-': fox.
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