n
(anatomy) Any of the small muscles attached to hair follicles in mammals, contraction of which causes the hairs to stand on end.
n
A cast fossil of the brain of an organism.
adj
(biology) apparently scarred
n
(anatomy) The mass of spongy erectile tissue surrounding the male urethra within the penis.
n
(botany, countable) A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.
n
(anatomy, dermatology) An organ found in mammalian skin, residing in the dermal layer of the skin.
n
Synonym of languet (“a flat plate in (or opposite and below the mouth of) the pipe of an organ”)
adj
Resembling a morula (or mulberry)
adj
Lying under some projecting part, like the abdomen of certain spiders.
n
A hanging flap of skin or other tissue, especially one covering the cornea (in trachoma) or cartilage (in rheumatoid arthritis).
adj
pimply; covered with papulae
n
A pigeon chest; a deformity of the chest characterized by a protrusion of the sternum and ribs.
adj
(chiefly medicine) Relating to hair.
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(medicine) A condition of the skin appendage, characterized by short and brittle hairs that appear flattened and twisted when viewed through a microscope.
n
A covering of hair-like pili.
n
The erection of hairs or papillae
n
A muscle responsible for piloerection.
adj
Relating to the goose flesh reflex.
adj
Composed of hairs and mucus
adj
Having body hairs which have grown in a concentrated area on the skin and formed a cyst or abscess.
n
(uncommon) The flattening of hairs on the skin caused by the relaxation of piloerector muscles.
adj
Covered with fine hair.
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the structural unit consisting of hair, hair follicle, arrector pili muscle, and sebaceous gland.
n
(anatomy) The structure consisting of hair, hair follicle, arrector pili muscle and sebaceous gland.
adj
Very hairy; densely ciliate.
n
The state of being a pupa.
adj
Having the shape of a pustule
adj
Alternative form of scarious [(botany) thin, dry, membranous, and not green]
adj
Having a (specified kind of) scrotum.
adj
Characterized by scurf; covered with scurf.
adj
(archaic) spavined; having spavin
adj
(anatomy) Resembling the spleen; splenoid.
n
(medicine) A flake of dead skin tissue.
n
(anatomy) Any of the small organs on the tongue used for tasting.
adj
wart-like, resembling a verruca; verrucose
adj
Alternative form of verrucose [Covered in warts; warty]
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