ălōpĕcĭa, ae, f., = ἀλωπεκία,
the foxsickness , in which the hair falls off , the foxmange , a disease common among foxes (usu. in plur.), Plin. 20, 22, 87, § 239; 20, 5, 20, § 41.
·noun ·Alt. of <<Alopecy>>. ...
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