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Lanugo

Lanugo Meaning & Definition
Lanugo Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lanugo?

[n] the fine downy hair covering a human fetus; normally shed during the ninth month of gestation

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Lanugo In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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