Definition for AL'O-PE-CY

AL'O-PE-CY, n. [Gr. αλωπηξ, a fox, whose urine is said to occasion baldness.]

A disease, called the fox-evil or scurf, which is a falling off of the hair from any part of the body. – Quincy. Encyc. Bailey.

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