Phrase guide

hair loss

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Loss of hair from the head or body due to a medical condition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: dermatology, medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

hair + loss. Piecewise doublet of hairless.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صَلَع (ṣalaʕ) — loss of hair
  • Arabic: فقدان الشعر (fiqdān aš-šaʕar) — loss of hair
  • Armenian: մազաթափություն (mazatʻapʻutʻyun) — loss of hair
  • Catalan: depilació — loss of hair
  • Catalan: caiguda del pèl — loss of hair
  • Chinese Mandarin: 脫髮 /脱发 (tuōfà) — loss of hair
  • Dutch: haaruitval — loss of hair
  • Finnish: hiustenlähtö — loss of hair
  • Finnish: karvanlähtö — loss of hair
  • French: perte de cheveux — loss of hair
  • French: chute de cheveux — loss of hair
  • German: Haarausfall — loss of hair
  • Greek: τριχόπτωση (trichóptosi) — loss of hair
  • Greek: τριχόπτωσις (trichóptosis) — loss of hair
  • Hungarian: hajhullás — loss of hair
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hårtap — loss of hair
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hårtap — loss of hair
  • Polish: łysienie — loss of hair
  • Polish: wypadanie włosów — loss of hair
  • Polish: utrata włosów — loss of hair
  • Portuguese: queda de cabelo — loss of hair
  • Portuguese: perda de cabelo — loss of hair
  • Russian: облысение (oblysenije) — loss of hair
  • Spanish: pelonía — loss of hair
  • Spanish: pelambrera — loss of hair
  • Spanish: peladera — loss of hair
  • Swedish: håravfall — loss of hair
  • Tamil: முடியுதிர்வு (muṭiyutirvu) — loss of hair