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baldness

noun

  1. state where most or all of hair from the head has been lost or intentionally removed
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Wiktionary

noun

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

  1. The condition or state of being (or becoming) bald.

    My baldness was the result of radiotherapy.

    We turn next to the puzzle of borderlineness: If Harry is intermediate between clear cases and clear noncases of baldness, “Is Harry bald?” seems to have no good, direct, answer.