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‖ lanugo Sci.|ləˈnjuːgəʊ|
[L. f. lāna wool.]
Fine soft hair or down, or a surface resembling this; spec. that covering the human fœtus.
1677Phil. Trans. XII. 904 The lanugo seen upon a Peach, Quince, or the like. 1766Misc. Ess. in Ann. Reg. 192/1 A Monchinel-apple falling into the sea and lying in the water will contract a lanugo of salt-petre. 1871Darwin Desc. Man I. i. 25 The..so-called lanugo, with which the human foetus during the sixth month is thickly covered. 1876Duhring Dis. Skin 33 Very fine, soft hair, called lanugo, found upon the face, trunk, and other regions.
attrib. and Comb.1891W. A. Jamieson Dis. Skin i. (ed. 3) 4 The small lanugo hairs seem as if dependents of the sebaceous glands. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 686 A tuft of delicate lanugo-like hairs. |