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Baldness
Definition:
(n.) The state or condition of being bald; as, baldness of the head; baldness of style.
Example Sentences:
(1) Our knowledge of the pathogenesis of ordinary baldness is far from complete but a genetic predisposition is necessary and androgen production must be present.
(2) Antiandrogen therapy for androgen-induced baldness is in its infancy.
(3) "The idea that there is this contrast between a world of subtlety, and a world of bald, flat generalisations doesn't sound like what it's like at all.
(4) A left scalp skin flap (2.5 by 7 cm) based on the superficial temporal artery and vein was transferred to the bald area, with microvascular anastomosis to the superficial temporal vessels on the right side.
(5) One milliliter of solution was applied twice daily over 150 cm2 of bald scalp to each subject for 6 days.
(6) T-shirts were rush-printed overnight, showing his bald, burly head above the logo: "Hi, I'm Joe Plumber and Obama is a punk."
(7) She had frontal balding, mid-face hypoplasia, a small nose, macrostomia with down-turned corners of the mouth, gingival hypertrophy, and hypoplasia or absence of the clitoris.
(8) Improvements in the technique and instrumentation used in hair transplantation have led to the production of better grafts, a more natural hairline, a greater number of grafts from a donor site, the effective control of postoperative bleeding, and the reduction of large areas of baldness prior to hair transplantation.
(9) The operative indications are difficult because of the variety of baldness and the multiple techniques available.
(10) These operations allow massive transfer of genetically determined permanent hair to the cosmetically deficient areas of the scalp, whether the condition of baldness is the result of injury or hereditary factors.
(11) Use of this method for the treatment of bitemporal recessions and type 6 male pattern baldness is discussed in detail.
(12) Currently, the technique is most frequently used in scalp surgery for correction of male pattern baldness.
(13) Reported effects of balding reflected considerable preoccupation, moderate stress or distress, and copious coping efforts.
(14) The pathology of the bald scalp showed the presence of tubular epithelial structures devoid of hair bulbs extending from the epidermis to the deep dermis and the superficial hypodermis.
(15) The main problem in conventional operations for baldness has certainly been the resultant scar.
(16) Six new types of developmental mutants were obtained from the bald variant bld-1 after treatment with mutagens (UV light, gamma radiation, nitrous acid) and after natural selection.
(17) Since substantial 3 beta HSD activity was present in the cytosol, and cytosol of B glands showed increased 3 beta HSD activity, the increased conversion of DHA to AD may be a critical step for androgenic action and may be responsible for excessive androgenicity in male-pattern baldness.
(18) Larger "bald heads" occur favourable at the "deep" acetabula revealing high CE-angles and at low CCD-angles.
(19) In the patient with LGD on entry, there was an aggregate of very large cells covered by short microvilli with bald patches.
(20) The established format sounds a bit staid until Balding starts discussing it.