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MONILETHRIX

\mˈɒna͡ɪlθɹˌɪks], \mˈɒna‍ɪlθɹˌɪks], \m_ˈɒ_n_aɪ_l_θ_ɹ_ˌɪ_k_s]\

Definitions of MONILETHRIX

1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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[Latin, Greek] A disease in which the hairs exhibit constriction at regular intervals, giving them a beaded appearance. Begins in infancy and persist through life.

1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
By Alexander Duane

Infantile disease in which the hair becomes brittle and beaded.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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