lanugo

Definiciones

Pelo o vello corporal presente en los fetos hasta el 8 mes del embarazo. La presencia de lanugo en el recién nacido es una señal del parto prematuro.

Equivalentes

Ejemplos

“From the presence of the woolly hair or lanugo on the human fœtus, and of rudimentary hairs scattered over the body during maturity, we may infer that man is descended from some animal which was born hairy and remained so during life.”

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