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- noun medicine A form of
alopecia in whichhair is lost from variousareas of the body
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- noun patchy baldness
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One study in Scotland tested the use of essential oils on people with alopecia areata, a condition where the hair comes out in patches.
THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003
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