Look up: Lanugo


  1. lanugo
    [n] - the fine downy hair covering a human fetus
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=lanugo

  2. lanugo
    Downy-like, fine hair on a fetus. Lanugo can appear as early as 15 weeks of gestation, and typically begins to disappear sometime before birth.
    Found op http://www.babycentre.co.uk/glossary/l/

  3. Lanugo
    Lanugo: Downy hair on the body of the fetus and newborn baby. It is the first hair to be produced by the fetal hair follicles, usually appearing on the fetus at about five months of gestation. It is very fine, soft, and usually unpigmented. Although lanugo is normally shed before birth around seven ...
    Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=6210

  4. Lanugo
    La·nu'go noun [ See Lanuginose .] (Anat.) The soft woolly hair which covers most parts of the mammal fetus, and in man is shed before or soon after birth.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/13

  5. lanugo
    <anatomy> The soft woolly hair which covers most parts of the mammal foetus, and in man is shed before or soon after birth. ... See: Lanuginose. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?lanugo

  6. lanugo
    noun the fine downy hair covering a human fetus; normally shed during the ninth month of gestation
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=lanugo

  7. lanugo
    (lә-noo´go) the fine hair that covers the body of the fetus and begins to disappear during maturation so that by nine months' gestation it is usually seen only on the shoulders of the newborn.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  8. Lanugo
    • (n.) The soft woolly hair which covers most parts of the mammal fetus, and in man is shed before or soon after birth.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/lanugo/



  1. lanugo
    (from the article `hair`) Human beings have several different types of hairs. The first to develop is the lanugo, a layer of downy, slender hairs that begin growing in the ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/15

  2. Lanugo
    Fine, downy hair growing on the skin of a fetus at approximately 26 weeks of gestation. This hair protects the fetus's skin while in the uterus that begins to shed during the ninth month of gestation and disappears a few days after birth.
    Found op http://www.pregnology.com/AZ/L/1

  3. lanugo
    Type: Term Pronunciation: lă-nū′gō Definitions: 1. fine, soft, lightly pigmented fetal hair with minute shafts and large papillae; it appears at the end of the twelfth week and helps to hold the vernix caseosa on the skin. Synonyms: downy hair, primary hair, lanugo hair
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=47947

  4. lanugo
    Latin lana = wool, hence, the fine downy hair on the skin of the foetus, or cheeks.
    Found op http://www.anatomy.usyd.edu.au/glossary/glossary.cgi?

  5. lanugo
    (lau-noo;go) Short, silky fetal hair, which may be present for a short time on a premature infant.
    Found op http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/abio/glossary.mhtml

  6. lanugo
    (lau-noo;go) Short, silky fetal hair, which may be present for a short time on a premature infant.
    Found op http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/abio/glossary.mhtml

  7. Lanugo
    Fine long unpigmented hairs covering the fetus that usually disappears one month after birth.
    Found op http://savingmyhair.com/component/content/article/28.html

  8. lanugo
    1) Down 2) Pile 3) The fine downy hair covering a human fetus
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/lanugo/1

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