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lanugo
la·nu·go [ luh-noo-goh, -nyoo- ]
Etymology:
Latin lanugo = fine hair, from lana = wool
Definitions related to lanugo:
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Fine downy hair that covers the body of a human fetus beginning in the fifth month of gestation; it is usually shed by the ninth month of gestation.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Fine, soft hair that grows all over the body of a fetus and is typically shed before birth.Harvard Dictionary of Health TermsHarvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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