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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A falling off, as of the hair or the bark of a tree, from disease.
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(_defluvium capillorum_), following systemic diseases, such as the various fevers, and syphilis; or as a result of a long-continued seborrh [oe] a or seborrh [oe] ic eczema (_alopecia furfuracea_).
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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