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pubic hair ThesaurusNoun | 1. | pubic hair - hair growing in the pubic areacrotch hair, bushadult body - the body of an adult human beinghair - a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss; "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells"minge - vulgar term for a woman's pubic hair or genitals | Translationsлобковые волосылобковый волос EncyclopediaSeehairpubic hair
hair [hār] 1. any thin, threadlike structure.2. especially, the specialized epidermal structure produced only by mammals, developing from a papilla sunk in the corium. The life cycle of a hair (cycle" >hair cycle) consists of three phases, called anagen, catagen, and telogen. Called also pilus. Structure of hair and hair follicles. From Applegate, 2000.3. the aggregate of such structures.bamboo hair trichorrhexis nodosa.beaded hair hair marked with alternate swellings and constrictions; seen in monilethrix.burrowing hair one that grows horizontally in the skin, causing a papule that may become infected; see also pili cuniculati, under pilus.club hair a hair whose root is surrounded by a bulbous enlargement composed of keratinized cells, preliminary to normal loss of the hair from the follicle.Frey's h's stiff hairs mounted in a handle; used for testing the sensitiveness of pressure points of the skin.ingrown hair one that has curved and reentered the skin, causing a papule that may become infected. See also pili incarnati, under pilus.lanugo hair the fine hair on the body of the fetus.moniliform hair beaded hair.pubic hair the hair on the external genitalia; called also pubes.sensory h's hairlike projections on the surface of sensory epithelial cells.tactile h's hairs sensitive to touch.taste h's short hairlike processes projecting freely into the lumen of the pit of a taste bud from the peripheral ends of the taste cells.terminal hair the coarse hair on various areas of the body during adult years.twisted hair a hair that is twisted through an axis of 180 degrees at spaced intervals, being abnormally flattened at the site of twisting. See also pili torti, under pilus.pubic hair [TA] the hair of the pubic region just above the external genitals. Synonym(s): pubes (1) [TA]pubic hair A secondary sex characteristic that develops during puberty and consists of coarse hair that grows over the external male and female genitalia.AcronymsSeePHpubic hair
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