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hair (s) (noun), hairs (pl)
1. A long slender filament: A hair can be an outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of invertebrates, like insects and spiders, and are all different from those of vertebrates. 2. Especially, in humans and other mammals, one of the filamentous appendages consisting of keratin and growing out of the skin, or of the scalp: Each hair consists of a cylindrical shaft and a root, which is contained in a flasklike depression (hair follicle) in the corium and subcutaneous tissue. The base of the root is expanded into the hair bulb, which rests upon and encloses the hair papilla.

The three phases from production of a hair to its final shedding are called the hair cycle.

This entry is located in the following unit: tricho-, trich-, -tricha, -trichia, -trichan, -trichic, -trichosis, -trichous, -thrix, -trichum, -trichy + (page 2)
cilio-, cili-, cil-
(Latin: the eyelid or its outer edge; hairs growing on the edges of the eyelids, eyelashes)
set-, seto-, seti- +
(Latin: bristle [short stiff hair on an animal or plant, or a mass of short stiff hairs growing; especially, on a hog's back or a man's face])
Word Entries containing the term: “hairs”
tactile hair (s) (noun), tactile hairs (pl)
A hair, or hairs, that is sensitive to the sensation of touch: "The patient was able to easily feel it when someone simply touched one of the hairs on his head."
This entry is located in the following unit: tang-, tact-, tast-, ting-, -tig -tag, -teg- (page 5)