Medical Definition of Cuticle of hair

1. A layer of overlapping shingle-like cells that invest the hair cortex and serve to lock the hair shaft in its follicle. Synonym: cuticle of hair. Cuticula vaginae folliculi pili, cuticle of overlapping shingle-like cells lining the follicle of the hair. Synonym: cuticle of root sheath. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cuticle Of Hair

Cuterebridae
cutes
cutesie
cutesier
cutesiest
cutest
cutesy
cutey
cuteys
cutglass
cutgrass
cutgrasses
cuticle
cuticle
cuticles
cuticle of hair (current term)
cuticle of nail
cuticle of root sheath
cuticula
cuticula
cuticulae
cuticular
cuticularization
cuticula dentis
cuticula pili
cutie
cuties
cutikin
cutikins
cutin

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