Lanugo

Word LANUGO
Character 6
Hyphenation ‖La nu go
Pronunciations /ləˈnjuːɡəʊ/

Definitions and meanings of "Lanugo"

What do we mean by lanugo?

A covering of fine, soft hair, as on a leaf, insect, or newborn child. noun

In anatomy, the coat of delicate downy hairs with which the human fetus is covered for some time before birth. noun

In botany and zoology, the cottony or woolly growth on the surface of some leaves, fruits, insects, etc. noun

The soft woolly hair which covers most parts of the mammal fetus, and in man is shed before or soon after birth. noun

The soft down or fine hair, specifically as covering the human foetus or a tumorous area noun

The fine downy hair covering a human fetus; normally shed during the ninth month of gestation noun

Soft down or fine hair, specifically that covering the human foetus or a tumorous area.

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The word "lanugo" in example sentences

Fine, downy hair called lanugo develops on her arms, legs, and back. ❋ Penny Simkin (2010)

Both boys were limp, wrinkly and covered with fine black hair, known as lanugo, which all fetuses develop but shed at around 33 weeks of gestation. ❋ Tracey A. Reeves (2010)

Five months after conception, human fetuses grow a thin coat of hair, called lanugo, all over their bodies. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The human embryo possesses a complete coat of hair, called the lanugo, which usually disappears before birth. ❋ Henry Edward Crampton (N/A)

This covering, which is called the lanugo, and sometimes extends even to the whole forehead, ears, and face, is shed before birth. ❋ George John Romanes (1871)

Also, it: is more active, and the mother might begin feeling movement is covered in fine, downy hair called lanugo and a waxy coating called vernix which protects the baby's skin forming underneath. has eyebrows, eyelashes, fingernails, and toenails can hear and swallow ❋ Unknown (2010)

Newborn ribbon seals have a coat of soft, white hair called lanugo that provides insulation until they grow a thick layer of blubber.

They are susceptible to temperature stresses until they grow a blubber layer and shed their lanugo, the white, wooly coat they're born with. ❋ AP (2010)

The hair on her head grows, the lanugo on her body almost disappears, and fat is deposited under her skin. ❋ Penny Simkin (2010)

“Postmature babies” at birth have an absence of lanugo, scant vernix caseosa; long fingernails and toenails; and dry, peeling, or cracked skin. ❋ Penny Simkin (2010)

He thinks this is important for evolution because sometimes evolutionists say Y lanugo, shared errors in pseudogenes, etc. can “only” be explained by common ancestry. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Coyne also reveals to his reader what he considers to be his favorite evidentiary example of all: the fetal lanugo, a coat of "fur" human fetuses develop at around 6 months that is later shed before birth. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"that [baby's] got a [pretty] [manly] lanugo" ❋ Charles.Kinbote (2010)

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