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Hair loss
The thinning of hair on the scalp and associated prevention and treatment.
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genes
Health care; Hair loss
The basic biological units of heredity. Segments of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) needed to contribute to a function.
frontal
Health care; Hair loss
In anatomy, pertaining to the forehead. As, for example, the frontal bone, frontal sinus, and frontal nerve. From the Latin "frons" meaning the forehead or brow.
folate
Health care; Hair loss
Folic acid, one of the B vitamins that is a key factor in the synthesis (the making) of nucleic acid (DNA and RNA).
fiber
Health care; Hair loss
The parts of plants that cannot be digested, namely complex carbohydrates. Also known as bulk or roughage.
fever
Health care; Hair loss
Although a fever technically is any body temperature above the normal of 98. 6 degrees F. (37 degrees C. ), in practice a person is usually not considered to have a significant fever until the ...
fetus
Health care; Hair loss
The unborn offspring from the end of the 8th week after conception (when the major structures have formed) until birth. Up until the eighth week, the developing offspring is called an embryo.
