alopecia(n.)
14世纪晚期, allopicia,“脱发”,也是一种涉及面部脱发的麻风病形式,源自中世纪拉丁语 alopecia,来自希腊语 alōpekia,一种皮肤病,也是 alōpekiasis,来自 alōpēx, alōpekos “狐狸”。也称为 fox-sickness。通常被解释为从动物患疥疮的易感性转移到人类状况。
The term alopekia is derived from [alōpēx], a fox, and would seem to be intended to represent a kind of baldness with scattered hairs, which we meet with in animals suffering under the mange—for example, the canine genus, of which the fox is an example. [Medical Times and Gazette, Oct. 22, 1870]
术语 alopekia 源自[alōpēx],狐狸,似乎旨在代表一种散在毛发的秃发,在患有疥疮的动物中我们遇到这种情况,例如犬科,其中狐狸就是一个例子。[《医学时报和公报》,1870年10月22日]
其他理论认为它被命名为“因为狐狸被认为比其他四足动物更早失去毛发”[霍布林的“医学术语词典”]。
Burne the heade of a great Ratte and myngle it wyth the droppynge of a Beare or of a hogge & anointe the head, it heleth the desease called Allopicia. [Humphrey Llwyd, "The Treasury of Healthe," 1585]
烧一个大老鼠的头,与熊或猪的滴水混合,涂抹头部,可以治疗所谓的 allopicia 疾病。[亨弗莱·卢伊德,《健康宝库》,1585年]
该词起源时间:14世纪末