pilaradj.

Brit.

/ˈpʌɪlə/, U.S.

/ˈpaɪlər/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pilaris.

Etymology: < scientific Latin pilaris (1729 as a specific name) < classical Latin pilus hair (see pilo- comb. form) + -āris -ar suffix¹.

1. Zoology and Medicine. Of or relating to hair.

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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > villosity or ciliation > [adjective] > hairiness

hoary1597

hirsute1626

pilous1658

piliferous1698

hirsuted1707

pilose1712

piligerous1835

pileous1842

pilar1858

stuppeous1860

piline1887

pilary1888

1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Pilāris,..Zool. pertaining to hair; hairy; pilar.

1893 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Pilar muscles, arrectores pilorum [sc. muscles that cause the hair to bristle].

1966 Arch. Dermatol. 94 499 (title) Keratinous cysts of the skin. Identification and differentiation of pilar cysts from epidermal cysts.

1992 Brit. Jrnl. Dermatol. 127 239 Injury to follicular stem cell epithelium..may impair normal pilar cycling and result in hair loss.

†2. Downy. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [adjective] > down

mosya1475

mossy1567

callow down1598

tomentous1657

tomentose1698

pluffy1809

fluffy1848

pilar1860

1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 196 Most of the men and almost all the women remove the eyelashes, and pilar hair rarely appears to grow.

Derivatives

ˈpilary adj. Zoology and Medicine = 1.

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