| hair preparations | Hair grooming and cleansing aids or other products meant for topical application to hair, usually human. They include sprays, bleaches, conditioners, rinses, shampoos, nutrient lotions, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| hair root | The part of a hair that is embedded in the hair follicle, its lower succulent extremity capping the dermal papilla pili in the deep bulbous portion of the follicle. Synonym: radix pili. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hair-salt | <chemical> A variety of native Epsom salt occurring in silky fibres. Origin: A translation of G. Haarsalz. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hair shaft | The non-growing portion of a hair which protrudes from the skin, i.e., from the follicle. Synonym: scapus pili. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hair streams | The curved lines along which the hairs are arranged on the head and various parts of the body, especially noticeable in the foetus. Synonym: flumina pilorum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hair transplant | Autografts of punch biopsies of hair-bearing skin, such as occipital scalp, onto frontal scalp in male pattern alopecia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hair whorls | A spiral arrangement of the hairs, as at the crown of the head. Synonym: vortices pilorum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scalp hair | A hair of the head. Synonym: capillus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pustulate hair | <dermatology> Hair with an enlarged base. (15 Dec 1997) |
| neck of hair follicle | The narrowed part of the hair follicle between the hair bulb and the surface of the skin. Synonym: collum folliculi pili. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stellate hair | Hair split in several strands at the free end. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tactile hair | The vibrissae or whiskers of animals such as rats and cats which have especially well developed touch endings in the follicular wall. (05 Mar 2000) |
| terminal hair | A mature pigmented, coarse hair. (05 Mar 2000) |
| exclamation point hair | <clinical sign> The type of dystrophic anagen hair found at margins of patches of alopecia areata. The bulb is absent. (21 Jun 2000) |
| lady's hair | <botany> A plant of the genus Briza (B. Media); a variety of quaking grass. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |