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Descriptor English: Hair
Descriptor Spanish: Cabello
Descriptor cabello
Entry term(s) lanugo
pelo
vello
Scope note: Estructura filamentosa que consiste en un tallo que sobresale de la superficie de la PIEL, desde una raíz más blanda que se aloja en la cavidad del FOLÍCULO PILOSO. Se encuentra en la mayor parte de la superficie corporal.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cabelo
Descriptor French: Poils
Entry term(s): Fetal Hair
Fetal Hairs
Hair, Fetal
Hairs
Hairs, Fetal
Lanugo
Tree number(s): A17.360
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006197
Scope note: A filament-like structure consisting of a shaft which projects to the surface of the SKIN from a root which is softer than the shaft and lodges in the cavity of a HAIR FOLLICLE. It is found on most surfaces of the body.
Annotation: abnormally pulling at one's hair = TRICHOTILLOMANIA; HAIR FOLLICLE is available
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Online Note: use HAIR to search LANUGO 1966-78
History Note: LANUGO was see under HAIR 1963-78
Related: Hair Analysis MeSH
DeCS ID: 6350
Unique ID: D006197
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Hair - Preferred
Concept UI M0009745
Scope note A filament-like structure consisting of a shaft which projects to the surface of the SKIN from a root which is softer than the shaft and lodges in the cavity of a HAIR FOLLICLE. It is found on most surfaces of the body.
Preferred term Hair
Entry term(s) Hairs
Lanugo - Narrower
Concept UI M0009746
Preferred term Lanugo
Entry term(s) Fetal Hair
Fetal Hairs
Hair, Fetal
Hairs, Fetal



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