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terminal hair

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terminal hair [′tər·mən·əl ¦her]
(anatomy)
One of three types of hair in man based on hair size, time of appearance, and structural variations; the larger, coarser hair in the adult that replaces the vellus hair.


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Sophisticated hair called terminal hair that is coarse, thick and dark as found elsewhere, that in the body.
Terminal hairs on the scalp under normal conditions are continually protected by non-terminating papillary processes.
Their average number of terminal hairs per square centimeter increased by an amazing 19 hairs/cm2 over the course of the six months studies.
 
 
 
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