epilation
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[edit]Noun
[edit]epilation (countable and uncountable, plural epilations)
- The loss of hair.
- The removal of hair from human or animal skin; depilation.
- 1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)[1]:
- These [boys being groomed as prostitutes] are sold by their parents (sometimes stolen from them), about the age of 4, and educated, while they are also subjected to a special physical training, which includes massage of the gluteal regions to favor development, dilatation of the anus, and epilation (which is not, however, practised by Chinese women).
- (strictly) The removal of hair from (usually human) skin via the use of an epilator.
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[edit]loss of hair
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removal of hair
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