alopecia
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a condition in which someone’s hair falls out
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several individual pieces of grass, hair, feathers, or fibres that are all growing or joined together at the bottom end
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a place on someone’s head where hair no longer grows, or a surface that has some parts missing, for example an area of grass or a carpet
a small piece of hair from someone’s head
all the hair on your head, especially when it is thick
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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