lanugo in English

noun
1
fine, soft hair, especially that which covers the body and limbs of a human fetus or newborn.
Their face and body are covered in soft hair called lanugo .

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1. Most of the vernix that covered your baby 's skin has disappeared , as has the lanugo .

2. Fine , soft hair , called lanugo , may be present on a newborn 's face , shoulders , and back .

3. Anathematize [from French anathématiser, from Late Latin anathematizare, from Ecclesiastical Greek Anathematizein “to devote (to evil); excommunicate”]: to curse, denounce Lanuginous [from Latin lanuginosus , lanugo , Latin for “down”; lanugo is also an English word used especially to refer to the soft woolly hair that covers the fetus

4. En algunos casos, las pacientes con anorexia muestran Amenorrea, trastornos del sistema nervioso autonomo (con hipotermia, hipotension y bradicardia), lanugo, todo lo cual se debe observar cuidadosamente, ya que son indicios de gravedad.

5. The chance of Conception may be reduced by smoking, caffeine, and use of recreational drugs.: Five months after Conception, human fetuses grow a thin coat of hair, called lanugo

6. Cells shed from the intestines , dead skin cells , and lanugo hair are some of the waste products that contribute to meconium , a greenish-black substance that constitutes your baby 's first bowel movement .