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male-pattern baldness

(mālpat′ərn)

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

See male-pattern baldness in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A progressive, diffuse loss of scalp hair in men that begins in the twenties or early thirties, depends on the presence of the androgenic hormone testosterone, and is caused by a combination of genetic and hormonal factors. Also called androgenetic alopecia.

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