Definitions
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- noun Loss of the hair, particularly of the eyelashes.
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- noun medicine The loss of
eyebrows oreyelashes .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek μαδάρωσις (madarōsis, "baldness, especially of the eyelids")
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Loss of eyelashes or eyebrows. (Luciferous Logolepsy)
May 18, 2008