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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 — /leuh nooh goh, nyooh /, n., pl. lanugos. Biol. a coat of delicate, downy hairs, esp. that with which the human fetus or a newborn infant is covered. [1670 80; < L lanugo wooliness, down, deriv. of lana WOOL] * * * …   Universalium

• lanugo — la•nu•go [[t]ləˈnu goʊ, ˈnyu [/t]] n. pl. gos anat. dvl a coat of delicate, downy hairs, esp. that with which the human fetus is covered • Etymology: 1670–80; < L lānūgō pubescent hair, down, der. of lāna wool …   From formal English to slang

• lanugo — n. covering of fine soft hairs, coating of down (especially on a newborn infant) …   English contemporary dictionary

• lanugo — /ləˈnugoʊ/ (say luh noohgoh), / ˈnju / (say nyooh ) noun a coat of delicate, downy hairs, especially that with which the human foetus or a newborn infant is covered. {Latin: woolly substance} …  

• Vernix — More formally known as vernix caseosa, the vernix is a white cheesy substance that covers and protects the skin of the fetus and is still all over the skin of a baby at birth. Vernix is composed of sebum (the oil of the skin) and cells that have… …   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

• Hypertrichosis — Classification and external resources Stephan Bibrowski, also known as Lionel the Lion Faced Man, had congenital terminal hypertrichosis. ICD …   Wikipedia

• human embryology — ▪ biology Introduction       the process encompassing the period from the formation of an embryo, through the development of a fetus, to birth.       The human body, like that of most animals, develops from a single cell produced by the union of… …   Universalium

• 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

• Baldness — Bald redirects here. For other uses, see Bald (disambiguation). Alopecia Classification and external resources Man displaying male pattern baldness ICD 10 L …   Wikipedia