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alien(1)(dictionary)
alien(encyclopedia)
Alien(dictionary)
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alien 1, adjective(dictionary)
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alien 1, adjective (oh) and trichatrophia (medicine)


alien 1, adjective (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin alienus, from alius 'Other']
very different from what you are used to, especially in a way that is difficult to understand or accept
-synonym strange strange
::the alien environment of the city
be alien to sb
::a way of life that is totally alien to us
belonging to another country or race
-synonym foreign foreign
::alien cultures
::an alien multiracial society
[only before noun] relating to creatures from another world
:: alien beings from another planet

trichatrophia (medicine)


trichatrophia
Atrophy of the hair bulbs, with brittleness, splitting, and falling out of hair.

Origin: trich-+ G. Atrophia, atrophy