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Lanugo — Downy hair on the body of the fetus and newborn baby. It is the first hair to be produced by the fetal hair follicles, usually appearing on the fetus at about five months of gestation. It is very fine, soft, and usually unpigmented. Although… … Medical dictionary
Lanugo — ICD 10 Q84.2 ICD 9 … Wikipedia
Lanugo — Clasificación y recursos externos CIE 10 Q84.2 CIE 9 757.4 … Wikipedia Español
lanugo — [lə no͞o′gō, lənyo͞o′gō] n. [L, down < lana, WOOL] a soft, downy growth; esp., a) the soft, downy hair covering the human fetus b) the fine hair covering most of the human body lanuginous [lə no͞o′ji nəs, lə nyo͞o′ji nəs] adj. lanuginose [lə… … English World dictionary
Lanugo — La*nu go, n. [See {Lanuginose}.] (Anat.) The soft woolly hair which covers most parts of the mammal fetus, and in man is shed before or soon after birth. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hair — 1. One of the fine, keratinized filamentous epidermal growths arising from the skin of the body of mammals except the palms, soles, and flexor surfaces of the joints; the full length and texture of h. varies markedly in different body sites. SYN … Medical dictionary
Hair removal — For hair loss, see Alopecia. Not to be confused with Unhairing. Sample distribution of body hair in women and men … Wikipedia
hair — hairlike, adj. /hair/, n. 1. any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus. 2. an aggregate of such filaments, as that covering the human head or forming the coat of most… … Universalium
Hair, lanugal — The downy hair on the body of the fetus and newborn baby. The lanugal hair (or lanugo) is the first hair to be produced by the fetal hair follicles. It is very fine, soft and usually is unpigmented. The lanugal hair is prenatal hair. It appears… … Medical dictionary
Hair — For other uses, see Hair (disambiguation). Hairy redirects here. For individuals nicknamed the Hairy , see List of people known as the Hairy. Hair Cross section of a hair Latin unguis … Wikipedia
