Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The condition or state of being (or becoming) bald.

    My baldness was the result of radiotherapy.

    Glatze, Glatzköpfigkeit, Haarlosigkeit

    облысе́ниеoblysénije, плеши́востьplešívostʹ

    облисі́нняoblysínnja, полисі́нняpolysínnja, пліши́вістьplišývistʹ

More definitions
  • the condition of having no hair on the top of the head

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Tom kept his hat on to hide his baldness.

    ruТом не стал снимать шляпу, чтобы не показывать свою лысину. — odexed

    deTom behielt seinen Hut auf, um seine Glatzköpfigkeit zu verbergen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. There's no cure for baldness.

    ruОт облысения нет лекарства. — marafon

    deKahlköpfigkeit kann man nicht kurieren. — pne

  3. At home everything is early, both talent and baldness.

  4. So far, a cure for baldness has not been discovered yet.

  5. Tom has male pattern baldness.

    ruУ Тома облысение мужского типа. — Wezel · CC BY 2.0 FR

Translations

9 languages
Українська
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condition or state of being (or becoming) bald:
Русский
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condition or state of being (or becoming) bald:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
condition or state of being (or becoming) bald:

Origin

From Middle English ballednesse, equivalent to bald + -ness.

From Middle English ballednesse, equivalent to bald + -ness.

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Forms

plural: baldnesses
Singularbaldness
Pluralbaldnesses

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
baldness in humans:alopecia
Close in meaning
  • the condition of having no hair on the top of the head:phalacrosis

Word family

4 related words

See also

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