shedding hair
1Hair care — is an overall term for parts of hygiene and cosmetology involving the hair on the human head. Hair care will differ according to one s hair type and according to various processes that can be applied to hair. All hair is not the same; indeed,… …
2hair ball — n a compact mass of hair formed in the stomach esp. of a shedding animal (as a cat) that cleanses its coat by licking called also trichobezoar * * * trichobezoar …
3hair — 1. One of the fine, keratinized filamentous epidermal growths arising from the skin of the body of mammals except the palms, soles, and flexor surfaces of the joints; the full length and texture of h. varies markedly in different body sites. SYN …
4Hair follicle — A hair follicle is part of the skin that grows hair by packing old cells together. Attached to the follicle is a sebaceous gland, a tiny sebum producing gland found everywhere except on the palms, lips and soles of the feet. The thicker density… …
5hair — hairlike, adj. /hair/, n. 1. any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus. 2. an aggregate of such filaments, as that covering the human head or forming the coat of most… …
6Shedding — Shed Shed, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shedding}.] [OE. scheden, sch?den, to pour, to part, AS. sc[=a]dan, sce[ a]dan, to pert, to separate; akin to OS. sk??an, OFries. sk?tha, G. scheiden, OHG. sceidan, Goth. skaidan, and… …
7hair ball — noun a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur) • Syn: ↑hairball, ↑trichobezoar • Hypernyms: ↑tangle * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a compact mass of hair in the stomach …
8hair ball — noun Date: 1712 a compact mass of hair formed in the stomach especially of a shedding animal (as a cat) that cleanses its coat by licking …
9shedding — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. peeling, molting, casting off, losing hair, dropping, exuviating, exfoliating …
10Laser hair removal — Epilation by laser was performed experimentally for about 20 years before it became commercially available in the mid 1990s. Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) epilators, though technically not a laser, use xenon flash lamps that emit full spectrum light …
