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psilo·sis
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Princeton's WordNet
sprue, tropical sprue, psilosisnoun
a chronic disorder that occurs in tropical and non-tropical forms and in both children and adults; nutrients are not absorbed; symptoms include foul-smelling diarrhea and emaciation
psilosisnoun
falling out of hair
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Psilosis
Psilosis is the sound change in which Greek lost the consonant sound /h/ during antiquity. The term comes from the Greek ψίλωσις psílōsis ("smoothing, thinning out") and is related to the name of the smooth breathing (ψιλή psilḗ), the sign for the absence of initial /h/ in a word. Dialects that have lost /h/ are called psilotic. The linguistic phenomenon is comparable to that of h-dropping in dialects of Modern English and to the development by which /h/ was lost in late Latin.
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psilosis
Psilosis is a medical term referring to the loss or absence of hair, particularly on the body or scalp. It is essentially the same as baldness or alopecia. This term is often used in a historical or archaeological context, especially when describing ancient societies like the Ancient Greeks or Romans.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of psilosis in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of psilosis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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