Look up: hair

1. hair
   Type: Term Pronunciation: hār Definitions: 1. One of the fine, keratinized filamentous epidermal growths arising from the skin of the body of mammals except the palms, soles, and flexor surfaces of the joints; the full length and texture of hair varies markedly in different body sites. 2. One o...
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2. hair
   [n] - filamentous hairlike growth on a plant 2. [n] - dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head) 3. [n] - any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal 4. [n] - a filamentous projection or process on an organism
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3. hair
   the essential movement is relative displacement of the hair cells and tectorial membrane, so that the -- are bent one way or the other. Category: Medicine
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4. Hair
   Hair (hâr) noun [ Middle English her , heer , hær , Anglo-Saxon hǣr ; akin to OFries. hēr , D. & German haar , Old High German & Icelandic hār , Danish haar , Swedish ...
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5. hair
   1. The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body. ... 2. One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in invertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a ...
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6. hair
   noun 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`
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7. hair
   noun any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal; `there is a hair in my soup`
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8. hair
   (hār) any thin, threadlike structure. especially, the specialized epidermal structure produced only by mammals, developing from a papilla sunk in the dermis. The life cycle of a hair (hair cycle) consists of three phases, called anagen, catagen, and telogen. Called also pilus. ...
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9. Hair
   • (n.) A haircloth. • (n.) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth. • (n.) One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, ...
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10. Hair
    (from the article `musical`) ...in many different directions: rock and roll, operatic styling, extravagant lighting and staging, social comment, nostalgia, pure spectacle. The ... ...`American tribal love-rock musical` that attempted to capture the 1960s hippie culture was developed at New York City`s Public Theatre. In 1968 ....
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11. hair
    in mammals, the characteristic threadlike outgrowths of the outer layer of the skin (epidermis) that form an animal`s coat, or pelage. Hair is ... [20 related articles]
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12. hair
    hair 1. A long slender filament. 2. Especially, in humans and other mammals, one of the filamentous appendages consisting of keratin and growing out of the skin, or of the scalp. Each hair consists of a cylindrical shaft and a root, which is contained in a flasklike depression (hair follicle) in th...
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13. hair
    hair, haired, hairless, hairlessness 1. Any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal. 2. Any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus. 3. An aggregate of such filaments, as that...
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14. hair
    [back-formation from hairy] The complications that make something hairy. 'Decoding TECO commands requires a certain amount of hair.' Often seen in the phrase 'infinite hair', which connotes extreme complexity. Also in 'hairiferous' (tending to promote hair growth): 'GNUMACS elisp encourages luser...
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15. hair
    
    • a very small distance or space
    • any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
    • a filamentous projection or process on an organism
    
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16. hair
    hair, slender threadlike outgrowth from the skin of mammals. In some animals hair grows in dense profusion and is called fur or wool. Although all mammals show some indication of hair formation, dense hair is more common among species located in colder climates and has the obvious function of insula...
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17. hair
    Type: Term Definitions: 1. trichophobia, trichopathophobia.
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18. hair
    Fine filament growing from mammalian skin. Each hair grows from a pit-shaped follicle embedded in the second layer of the skin, the dermis. It consists of dead cells impregnated with the protein keratin. The average number of hairs on a human head varies from 98,000 (red-heads) to 120,000 (blondes). Each grows at the rate of 5–10 mm...
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19. hair
    A threadlike appendage of the epidermis consisting of keratinized dead cells that have been pushed up from a dividing basal layer.
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20. hair
    A threadlike appendage of the epidermis consisting of keratinized dead cells that have been pushed up from a dividing basal layer.
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21. Hair
    `Hair` is a filamentous biomaterial, that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Found exclusively in mammals, hair is one of the defining characteristics of the mammalian class. The human body, apart from its glabrous skin, is covered in follicles which produce thick terminal and fine vellus hai...
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22. Hair
    (musical) `Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical` is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. A product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietn...
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23. Hair
    (film) `Hair` is a 1979 American film adaptation of the 1968 Broadway musical of the same name about a Vietnam war draftee who meets and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to the army induction center. The hippies introduce him to their environment of marijuana, LSD, u...
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24. Hair
    (Lady Gaga song) "`Hair`" is a song by American recording artist Lady Gaga, from her second studio album Born This Way (2011). Written and produced by Gaga and RedOne, "Hair" was released worldwide digitally on May 16, 2011, as the only promotional...
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