What is "areata"

Usage examples of "areata".

At age sixteen, I developed alopecia areata, a condition that causes patches of baldness in an otherwise healthy head of hair.

Monica and everyone else learned that the type of mange from which he suffered was called alopecia areata, and everywhere harmless, afflicted citizens wrote to the papers protesting that this ailment was not a mark of turpitude.

Seen from above, illuminated in the evening, the city looks like a head with patches of alopecia areata.