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hair (hār) pilus; a threadlike structure, especially the specialized epidermal structure composed of keratin and developing from a papilla sunk in the dermis, produced only by mammals and characteristic of that group of animals. Also, the aggregate of such hairs.hair´y bamboo hair trichorrhexis nodosa. beaded hair hair marked with alternate swellings and constrictions, as in monilethrix. burrowing hair one that grows horizontally beneath the surface of the skin. club hair one whose root is surrounded by a bulbous enlargement composed of keratinized cells, preliminary to normal loss of the hair from the follicle. ingrown hair one that emerges from the skin but curves and reenters it. lanugo hair lanugo. resting hair see telogen. sensory hairs hairlike projections on the cells of sensory epithelium. taste hairs clumps of microvilli that form short hairlike processes projecting into the lumen of a taste pore from the peripheral ends of the taste cells. terminal hair the coarse hair on various areas of the body during adult years. twisted hair one which at spaced intervals is twisted through an axis of 180 degrees, being abnormally flattened at the site of twisting. vellus hair vellus (1).
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Young women made and wore aprons also called isigege, consisting of a panel of bead fabric attached to a band made of bead fabric or composed of tubes of grass or cloth covered in beads; beaded hair ornaments; belts consisting of strings of beads, or tubes of grass or cloth covered in strings of beads; anklets formed from bead fabric panels or strings of beads; and wristlets made from bead fabric panels or strings of beads. There was Lamaur Starche Spritz, Bugatti Beaded Hair Gel, and Joico ICE Mist Superhold - the kind of thing the air board's inspection team takes seriously. |
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