Usually means: Fungal spores surrounding the hair.
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▸ noun:  A sheath of conidia, on the outside of a hair, caused by a parasitic fungus

Similar:
exothrix, endothrix, scalp ringworm, trichoscalid, ectoparasite, trichosensillum, dermatophyte, exothecium, capilliconidiophore, trichophyton, more...

Opposite:
endothrix, endotrichial

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Similar:
exothrix, endothrix, scalp ringworm, trichoscalid, ectoparasite, trichosensillum, dermatophyte, exothecium, capilliconidiophore, trichophyton, more...

Opposite:
endothrix, endotrichial



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