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Hair loss

The thinning of hair on the scalp and associated prevention and treatment.

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Thyroiditis

Health care; Hair loss

Inflammation of the thyroid gland which is located in front of the neck:

Tinea capitis

Health care; Hair loss

A superficial fungus infection of the skin, affecting the scalp. Also known as ringworm.

Tired

Health care; Hair loss

A feeling of a lessened capacity for work and reduced efficiency of accomplishment, usually accompanied by a sense of weariness and fatigue.

Thyroid

Health care; Hair loss

1. The thyroid gland. Also, pertaining to the thyroid gland. 2. A preparation of the thyroid gland used to treat hypothyroidism. 3. Shaped like a shield. (The thyroid gland was so-named by Thomas ...

Telogen effluvium

Health care; Hair loss

Excessive temporary loss of telogen hair (hair in the telogen, or resting, phase) caused by trauma such as childbirth, surgery, starvation, certain drugs, and high fever. A normal human hair goes ...

Systemic

Health care; Hair loss

Affecting the entire body. A systemic disease such as diabetes can affect the whole body. Systemic chemotherapy employs drugs that travel through the bloodstream and reach and affect cells all over ...

Substance

Health care; Hair loss

1. Material with particular features, as a pressor substance. 2. The material that makes up an organ or structure. Also known in medicine as the substantia. 3. A psychoactive drug as, for example, in ...

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