areata

areata

1. (medicine, pathology) A localized area or patch.
   • 2024 March 31, Glen Jankowski, “Alopecia in art history: The many ways women’s hair loss has been interpreted”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     At least 40% of women experience hair loss or alopecia over their lifetimes. This could be alopecia areata (patchy hair loss), traction alopecia (strained hair loss) or another form. The different ways that women’s hair loss has been depicted across art history demonstrates the many different ways it has been interpreted over the years.

• This term is only found as part of a longer disease name, such as alopecia areata, atrophia areata, stomatitis areata migrans, or keratosis palmoplantaris areata.