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POLIOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does poliosis mean? 

POLIOSIS (noun)
  The noun POLIOSIS has 1 sense:

1. loss of color from the hairplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


POLIOSIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Loss of color from the hair

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

depigmentation (absence or loss of pigmentation (or less than normal pigmentation) in the skin or hair)


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