| rubbing alcohol | An alcoholic mixture intended for external use; it usually contains 70% by volume of absolute alcohol or isopropyl alcohol; the remainder consists of water, denaturants (with and without coal tar colours), and perfume oils; used as a rubefacient for muscle and joint aches and pains. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| alopecia | 1. <dermatology> Baldness, absence of the hair from skin areas where it normally is present. 2. <oncology> Hair loss as a result of chemotherapy or radiation therapy administered to the head. Hair loss from chemotherapy is temporary. Hair loss from radiation is usually permanent. Origin: Gr. Alepekia = a disease in which the hair falls out (14 May 1997) |
| alopecia adnata | Underdevelopment of the lashes. See: alopecia congenitalis. Synonym: madarosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alopecia areata | <dermatology> A patchy baldness usually of a temporary nature. Cause unknown but anxiety and stress are common precipitating factors. (27 Sep 1997) |
| alopecia cicatrisata | Synonym: scarring alopecia. Origin: L. Cicatrix, cicatricis, scar + suffix -al, characterised by (05 Mar 2000) |
| alopecia congenitalis | Absence of all hair at birth, associated with psychomotor epilepsy; autosomal dominant inheritance. Synonym: congenital baldness, hypotrichiasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alopecia disseminata | Loss of hair from all parts of the body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alopecia leprotica | Thinning or total loss of the lateral third of the eyebrows, eyelashes, and body hairs, seen in leprosy; loss of scalp hair is rare. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alopecia marginalis | Hair loss at the hair line, a condition most commonly seen in blacks; commonly transient and caused by chronic traction, although long-continued traction may cause permanent alopecia. Synonym: alopecia liminaris frontalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alopecia medicamentosa | Diffuse hair loss, most notably of the scalp, caused by administration of various types of drugs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alopecia mucinosa | Follicular mucinosis with alopecia appearing in areas of erythema and oedema in the bearded portion of the face or in the scalp. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alopecia pityrodes | A loss of hair, of the body as well as of the scalp, accompanied by an abundant branlike desquamation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alopecia presenilis | Ordinary or common baldness occurring in early or middle life without any apparent disease of the scalp. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alopecia senilis | The normal loss of scalp hair in old age. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alopecia symptomatica | Alopecia occurring in the course of various constitutional or local diseases, or following prolonged febrile illness. (05 Mar 2000) |