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How to pronounce baldness in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms phalacrosis
Type of depilation, hairlessness
Has types alopecia, male-patterned baldness, male pattern baldness
Derivation bald

Examples of baldness

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Ironically, men get their susceptibility to baldness largely from their mothers.
From the economist.com
Baldness also can be caused by hypothyroidism, iron deficiency and chemotherapy.
From the stltoday.com
By 80 years, three out of four men and half of women have male pattern baldness.
From the stltoday.com
In 1997 the FDA approved finasteride for the treatment of male-pattern baldness.
From the sciencedaily.com
You don't figure baldness will be eliminated any time soon because of this deal.
From the jsonline.com
It is possible, as indicated earlier, that Aristophanes mocked his own baldness.
From the en.wikipedia.org
This is certainly a far cry from the days when men reluctantly accepted baldness.
From the telegraph.co.uk
I may joke about shaving my head, but baldness would put me in a mental hospital.
From the newsweek.com
Carroll did, however, stop short of predicting the freshman would solve baldness.
From the ocregister.com
More examples
  • The condition of having no hair on the top of the head
  • Baldness is the state of having no hair or lacking hair where it often grows, especially on the head. The most common form of baldness is a progressive hair thinning condition called androgenic alopecia or "male pattern baldness" that occurs in adult male humans and other species. ...
  • The state of being bald (said of a human)
  • From natural causes was uncommon (Kg2 2:23; Isa 3:24). It was included apparently under "scab" and "scurf," which disqualified for the priesthood (Lev 21:20). The Egyptians were rarely subject to it. ...
  • In men occurs when the follicle shrinks over time, resulting in shorter and finer hair.
  • The loss of hair from parts of or the whole head. The most common cause of baldness in women and a VERY common cause of premature baldness in men is "chronic stress-effect storage in the hypothalamus" with scalp muscle bracing. ...
  • Ageing; feeling obsolete; lack of thought; maleness.
  • Baldness is partial or complete hair loss in both men and women. Also called alopecia. More about Baldness.