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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A condition of hair loss in women similar to male pattern baldness, but beginning later in life and less severe.
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Cotsarelis and his colleagues analyzed skin cells from the bald and non-bald parts of the scalp of people with androgenetic alopecia, the technical name for male-pattern baldness.
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Cotsarelis and his colleagues analyzed skin cells from the bald and non-bald parts of the scalp of people with androgenetic alopecia, the technical name for male-pattern baldness.
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