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Integumentary System > Hair

Preferred term

Hair  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Lanugo

Note

  • abnormally pulling at one's hair = TRICHOTILLOMANIA; HAIR FOLLICLE is available

Scope note

  • A filament-like structure consisting of a shaft which projects to the surface of the SKIN from a root which is softer than the shaft and lodges in the cavity of a HAIR FOLLICLE. It is found on most surfaces of the body.

History note

  • LANUGO was see under HAIR 1963-78

In other languages

  • hiukset

    Finnish

  • hius
  • tukka
  • Hår

    Swedish

  • Fosterpäls
  • Hårväxt
  • Lanugo

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006197

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