effluvium
Example Sentences
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One turbine spins in the fiery effluvia of engine exhaust, with temperatures around 1,000 degrees.
Evidently, telogen effluvium happens when the body undergoes emotional, physical or hormonal shock and pushes more hairs than usual into the resting phase.
From Los Angeles Times
Sudden hair loss of the type you describe is known as telogen effluvium.
From Seattle Times
Many Wallingford houses were built to avoid the hellish view of tower effluvia.
From Seattle Times
Sudden and temporary hair loss has a medical name: telogen effluvium.
From Seattle Times
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