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male-pattern baldness definition

male·-pattern baldness (māl′pat′ərn)

inherited baldness characterized by the gradual loss of hair from the front or top of the head
often written male pattern baldness

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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