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Normally shed during the ninth month of gestation
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lanugo
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the fine downy hair covering a human fetus; normally shed during the ninth month of gestation
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Lanugo (; from Latin lana "wool") is very thin, soft, usually unpigmented, downy hair that is sometimes found on the body of a fetus or newborn baby . It is the first hair to be produced by the fetal hair follicles, and it usually appears around 16 weeks ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Soft down or fine hair, specifically that covering the human foetus or a tumorous area
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lanugo \La*nu"go\, n. [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.
Usage examples of lanugo.
This dog-faced congenital anomaly, almost every inch of his face, his body covered with long lanugo hair, pale baby-fine hair?