Med. [L. alopecia, a. Gr. ἀλωπεκία fox-mange, also baldness in man, f. ἀλώπηξ a fox.] A medical term for baldness.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., V. lxvi. (1495), 184. By that euyll callyd Allopicina nourysshynge of heer is corrupte and fayllyth, and the fore party of the heed is bare, suche men fare as foxes.
1585. Lloyd, Treas. Health, B viij. Burne the heade of a great Ratte and myngle it wyth the droppynge of a Beare or of a hogge and anointe the head, it heleth the desease called Allopecia.
1862. H. Macmillan, in Macm. Mag., 462/2. Alopecia or baldness is much more common now than it used to be, not only among old men, but even among youths and persons of middle age.
