Ăl'o-pē'çy, n.

n. [Lat. alōpecia, Gr. ἀλωπεκία; from ἀλώπηξ, fox, because this disease is common among foxes; Fr. alopécie.] (Med.) A disease, called also the fox-evil or scurf, causing a falling off of the hair from any part of the body.