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Bald as the bare mountain tops are bald, with a baldness full of grandeur.
Matthew Arnold

Meaning of "baldness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BALDNESS

baldness  [ˈbɔːldnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BALDNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Baldness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BALDNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

baldness

Hair loss

Hair loss or baldness is a loss of hair from the head or body. Baldness can refer to general hair loss or male pattern baldness specifically. Some types of baldness can be caused by alopecia areata, an autoimmune disorder. The extreme forms of alopecia areata are alopecia totalis, which involves the loss of all head hair, and alopecia universalis, which involves the loss of all hair from the head and the body. Baldness and hypotrichosis can have many causes, including fungal infection, traumatic damage, such as by compulsive pulling, as a result of radiotherapy or chemotherapy, and as a result of nutritional deficiencies such as iron, and as a result of autoimmune phenomena, including alopecia areata and hair loss associated with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Definition of baldness in the English dictionary

The definition of baldness in the dictionary is the state of being bald.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BALDNESS


awkwardness
ˈɔːkwədnɪs
blindness
ˈblaɪndnɪs
boldness
ˈbəʊldnɪs
coldness
ˈkəʊldnɪs
fondness
ˈfɒndnɪs
goodness
ˈɡʊdnɪs
hardness
ˈhɑːdnɪs
kindness
ˈkaɪndnɪs
loudness
ˈlaʊdnɪs
madness
ˈmædnɪs
mildness
ˈmaɪldnɪs
preparedness
prɪˈpɛərɪdnɪs
redness
ˈrɛdnɪs
sadness
ˈsædnɪs
soundness
ˈsaʊndnɪs
tiredness
ˈtaɪədnɪs
vildness
ˈvaɪldnɪs
weirdness
ˈwɪədnɪs
wickedness
ˈwɪkɪdnɪs
wildness
ˈwaɪldnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BALDNESS

bald eagle
baldachin
baldachino
baldaquin
Balder
balderdash
balderlocks
baldfaced
baldhead
baldheaded
baldies
balding
baldish
baldly
baldmoney
baldpate
baldric
Baldwin
Baldwin I
baldy

WORDS THAT END LIKE BALDNESS

blandness
boundedness
business
centeredness
color blindness
connectedness
frowardness
giftedness
gladness
grandness
light-headedness
mindedness
nakedness
narrow-mindedness
night blindness
oddness
relatedness
rootedness
straightforwardness
stupidness
unkindness

Synonyms and antonyms of baldness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BALDNESS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «baldness» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of baldness

Translation of «baldness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BALDNESS

Find out the translation of baldness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of baldness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «baldness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

秃头
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

calvicie
570 millions of speakers

English

baldness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गंजापन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصلع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

облысение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

calvície
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টাক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

calvitie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Botak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kahlheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

はげ頭
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대머리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Botak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự trụi cây
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வழுக்கை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टक्कल पडणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kellik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

calvizie
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

łysienie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

облисіння
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

chelie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φαλάκρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kaalheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skallighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skallethet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of baldness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BALDNESS»

The term «baldness» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.574 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BALDNESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about baldness

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5 QUOTES WITH «BALDNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word baldness.
1
Matthew Arnold
Bald as the bare mountain tops are bald, with a baldness full of grandeur.
2
Don Herold
There's one thing about baldness, it's neat.
3
Pauline Kael
This movie is a toupee made up to look like honest baldness.
4
Logan Pearsall Smith
There is more felicity on the far side of baldness than young men can possibly imagine.
5
Johnny Vegas
Baldness is visually enough of a stigma as it is without a big sweaty bloke on stage pointing it out.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BALDNESS»

Discover the use of baldness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to baldness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Baldness: A Social History
From the first torturous attempts at hair implants early in this century to the faddish, well-hyped drug treatments of today, the extremes to which men have gone in an effort to regrow hair or cover their bald scalps are examined in this ...
Kerry Segrave, 1996
2
Hair!: Mankind's Historic Quest to End Baldness
Gersh Kuntzman takes you from the laboratories of Merck, maker of Propecia, to the operating rooms of the nation's best hair-transplant surgeons, to the rug men working on the cutting edge of artificial hair design.
Gersh Kuntzman, 2001
3
I Broke the Mystery of Male Pattern Baldness
Mercado uncovers the mysterious causes of male pattern baldness, and reveals the countermeasures or treatments which will effectively prevent hair loss.
Monico Mercado, 2009
4
The Story of My Baldness
A tale set in Vienna finds philosophy student Marek van der Jagt searching for l'amour fou while encountering a host of dysfunctional characters and becoming entangled in a web of shameful secrets. Reprint.
Marek Van Der Jagt, 2006
5
The Joy of Baldness: Men With Less Hair and the Women Who ...
A humorous treatment of baldness includes annecdotes from famous bald men--Telly Savala, Willard Scott, and Michael Jordan amng them--as well as the stupidest ``cures'' for baldness and history's most famous bald men. Original.
Richard Sandomir, 1993
6
Baldness: Its Causes, Its Treatment and Its Prevention - ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Richard W. Muller, 2013
7
The Summer of Her Baldness: A Cancer Improvisation
Her Baldness wants those abs. She may have blown her cover. Or perhaps Her Baldness's interest in whether BETH reads her as male or female is in itself a feminizing sort of hormone. 1:08 p.m.It istrue that Her Baldness is in business class ...
Catherine Lord, 2010
8
Male Pattern Baldness
Read how i got my hair back, no more rubs, sprays or creams. yes after years i went out and met a man who could help me,to day i have a full hed of hair, so but the book and learn how not to be bald,...
James Hayes, 2007
9
The Etiology, Pathology, And Treatment Of Baldness And ...
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Tom Robinson, 2010
10
Contemporary Hair Transplant Surgery
Before performing any type of hair restoration procedure, the surgeon must be aware of the long-term nature of male pattern baldness. Most hair restoration procedures have been designed to treat the patient for the moment, without serious ...
Kenneth A. Buchwach, Raymond J. Konior, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BALDNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term baldness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Today in Tabs: The Greek Crisis, Unexplained
... "if the goddamn Queen of Denmark would just release the cure for baldness. People are really suffering out here Margrethe. Really suffering. «Fast Company, Jul 15»
2
The time is right for Man United to make this transfer decision
... international should feel fortunate he's cursed by grey hair and not the considerably less envious baldness of strike partner Wayne Rooney. «FootballFanCast.com, Jul 15»
3
Allergan Forks Over $125 Million+ for Bay Area Medtech Firm Oculeve
... male pattern baldness. Kythera's Kybella injection for double chin treatment, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in April. «PharmaLive, Jul 15»
4
Recap: Dancing with the Stars - Week 6: Sunday
To which Ben has the best comeback of the entire show: "I'm 6 foot 4 and white with male pattern baldness." Ad Feedback. If only there were ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
5
Graham Richardson to face surgery after chemo trial fails
“There is something about baldness caused by chemotherapy that makes it instantly recognisable and distinguishes it from the baldness ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
6
Scalp tattoos are a new tactic in the fight against baldness at hair …
The baldness battle no longer has to be such a hair-raising experience. At least in the case of Graig Lauricella, manager at HIS Hair Clinic in ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
7
Refund ordered after baldness therapy fails | Ahmedabad NYOOOZ
The clinic had even given him a guarantee card that said that new natural hair would grow and the patient would soon lose his baldness. «NYOOOZ, Jun 15»
8
Inadequate Data on Sexual Function for Baldness Treatment
Inadequate or inaccurate data has been reported regarding the sexual safety of finasteride for hair loss treatment in men, according to an ... «MD Magazine, Jun 15»
9
Dolph Ziggler's Baldness Could Lead to Mainstream Stardom
One step back, two steps forward for "The Showoff." Plus, Week 13 of the Wrestler Wrankings! Tweet Share on Twitter Share Share on ... «Cageside Seats, Jun 15»
10
Baldness Drug Might Also Be Able to Treat Skin Disorder, New …
The condition known as vitiligo is mostly characterized by a disfiguring loss of skin pigmentation. This is the very same ailment which plagued ... «Pioneer News, Jun 15»

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