PHALACROSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phalacrosis mean? 

• PHALACROSIS (noun)
  The noun PHALACROSIS has 1 sense:

1. the condition of having no hair on the top of the head

  Familiarity information: PHALACROSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHALACROSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The condition of having no hair on the top of the head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

baldness; phalacrosis

Hypernyms ("phalacrosis" is a kind of...):

depilation; hairlessness (the condition of being void of hair)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "phalacrosis"):

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-patterned baldness; male pattern baldness (loss of hair on the crown of the head)