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vellus hair — /vel əs hār/ noun Short fine unpigmented hair covering the human body ORIGIN: L vellus, eris fleece … Useful english dictionary
Vellus hair — is short, fine, peach fuzz body hair. It is a very soft and short hair that grows in most places on the human body in both sexes, such as the face and back. It is usually less than 2 mm long and the follicles are not connected to sebaceous glands … Wikipedia
vellus hair cyst — eruptive vellus hair c … Medical dictionary
eruptive vellus hair cyst — a type of tiny papule that contains vellus hair, usually appearing in crops on the chest in men and ranging from flesh colored to dark; this lesion is histologically similar and may be related to steatocystoma multiplex … 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
vellus hypertrichosis — 1. hypertrichosis with vellus hair. 2. h. lanuginosa … Medical dictionary
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 removal — For hair loss, see Alopecia. Not to be confused with Unhairing. Sample distribution of body hair in women and men … Wikipedia
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 — 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
