(a.) In composition: Having (such) hair; as, red-haired.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cook, who has postbox-red hair and a painful-looking piercing in his lower lip, was now on stage in discussion with four fellow YouTubers, all in their early 20s.
(2) The surface of all cells was covered by a fuzzy coat consisting of fine hairs or bristles.
(3) We have isolated a murine cDNA clone, pCAL-F559, for the calcium-binding protein calcyclin by differential screening of a cDNA library made from RNA isolated from hair follicles of 6-d-old mice.
(4) White hair bulbs which demonstrated no TH activity formed 2SCD, but not 5SCD.
(5) Isolated outer hair cells from the organ of Corti of the guinea pig have been shown to change length in response to a mechanical stimulus in the form of a tone burst at a fixed frequency of 200 Hz (Canlon et al., 1988).
(6) We have reported on a simple and secure method of tying up hair during transplantation surgery for alopecia.
(7) Bone age has been analyzed mixed-longitudinally in a subsample of 370 patients (660 observations) and showed a slight retardation at all ages between 6 and 13 yr. Development of pubic hair of 91 subjects analyzed cross-sectionally was definitely retarded when compared to adequate reference data.
(8) Tumors were induced in athymic, T-cell-deficient nude mice and in syngeneic normal haired mice by treatment with low doses of 3-methylcholantrene (MCA).
(9) As I looked further, I saw that there was blood and hair and what looked like brain tissue intermingled with that to the right area of her skull."
(10) A new method of staining the keratin filament matrix allowing a visualization of the filaments in cross section of hair fibres has been developed.
(11) However, in subjects with alopecia there was no such difference and the growth rate of all the hairs showed a continuous distribution.
(12) No infection threads were found to penetrate either root hairs or the nodule cells.
(13) After 7 days, various stages of sensory hair degeneration could be observed.
(14) This review of androgenetic alopecia (AA) in women provides a summary of hair physiology and biochemistry, a general discussion of AA, and a brief description of other types of hair loss in women.
(15) Subungual hair penetration appears to be much less common.
(16) Steep longitudinal and transverse gradients of glycogen are known to exist in the organ of Corti of the guinea pig, with preferential accumulation in the outer hair cells of the apical turns.
(17) Of four normal tissues assessed, two (hair follicles and tissues responsible for development of leg contractures) showed no change in radioresponse after treatment with indomethacin, one (hematopoietic tissue) exhibited radioprotection, and one (jejunum) exhibited slight radiosensitization (enhancement factor, 1.12).
(18) On the other hand, the total number of missing hair cells, irrespective of location, was a good, general indicator of the hearing capacity in a given ear.
(19) The objective was to determine whether the parent axonal impulse train elicited by dual-hair stimulation was due to a temporal combining ("mixing"; Fukami, 1980) of the impulse trains elicited in the parent axons by the same stimulation to each hair alone.
(20) In addition to descriptions of variants of the root appearance for hairs removed from follicles in the three classical growth phases, several other commonly occurring root configurations are described and illustrated with photomicrographs.
Hirsute
Definition:
(a.) Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy.
(a.) Rough and coarse; boorish.
(a.) Pubescent with coarse or stiff hairs.
(a.) Covered with hairlike feathers, as the feet of certain birds.
Example Sentences:
(1) This study was designed to compare these levels in hirsute women, normal premenopausal and postmenopausal women, and in men and to correlate each measurement with skin 5 alpha-reductase activity (5 alpha-RA), an excellent correlate of androgenicity.
(2) The results suggest that spironolactone is suitable for the treatment of hirsutism.
(3) Menstrual irregularity is a recognized side effect of spironolactone when used as a treatment for hirsutism in women.
(4) In 33 hirsute patients, not family related, plasma 17-alpha hydroxyprogesterone (170H-P) was measured under basal conditions and after ACTH stimulation.
(5) Serum levels of testosterone (T), 5alpha-dihydrotestosterone (DHT), androstenedione (A), dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate (DHEA-S), 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-P), and cortisol (F) were measured in 33 hirsute women.
(6) We found that electroepilation (electrolysis) helps control hirsutism, and 93% of the patients improved.
(7) In the first episode, 24-year-old Lauren, whose hirsutism (due to polycystic ovary syndrome) has rendered her a virtual recluse, sees her symptoms alleviated, and her confidence so improved that she puts on a swimsuit and visits her local pool.
(8) Assessing changes in scalp hair growth may be difficult, however, and hirsutism provides a useful model for testing the efficacy of topical antiandrogens.
(9) Plasma testosterone; androstenedione and DHA were measured by radio-immunoassay before (J1) under (J2) and 24-hour after (J3) oral metyrapone (4,5 g) in 10 normal and 12 hirsute women.
(10) There can be recurrences when hirsutism is being treated in females, because of vellus hairs which have their roots in the dermis.
(11) These features distinguish patients with true Cushing's syndrome from those who have some of the clinical findings often associated with the syndrome, such as obesity, hypertension, striae and hirsutism.
(12) Other side effects including thrombocytopenia, hirsutism, headaches, tremor, and parasthesiae were common in the treated group but not of sufficient severity to warrant adjustment in the dosage or discontinuation of therapy.
(13) Hirsutism developed in a 23-year-old woman during pregnancy.
(14) Cyclosporin side effects included hirsutism, hypertension, increased blood levels of urea and creatinine, and abnormalities in liver function tests.
(15) The control of overweight may be a goal for treating hirsutism in some patients.
(16) Hirsutism was manifest in 10.5% of the patients with neuro-endocrine adiposity and disturbance of the menstrual cycle.
(17) We determined the total and free T3, T4, TSH, TBG, Plasma Cortisol transcortin, delta-4-androstenedione, FSH, LH, prolactin, total and free testosterone, estradiol, progesterone, sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS) and 17 hydroxyprogesterone (17 OH Pg) levels in serum or plasma in a group of female patients who were taking L-T4 daily, regularly at least for 6 months and complaining of the occurrence of hirsutism.
(18) Pituitary-dependent hyperadrenocorticism was diagnosed in a 14-year-old Arabian mare with chronic weight loss, hirsutism, polyuria, and polydipsia.
(19) The degrees of hirsutism and acne, and of seborrhea and hair loss when present, were scored by means of a modified version of the Ferriman and Gallway criteria.
(20) Similar to previous cases in the literature this girl presented with proportionate intrauterine and postnatal growth retardation, normocephaly, triangular face with bulbous nose, long eyelashes, short upper lip, small vermilion border of upper lip, dorsally rotated ears, deep nuchal hair line, hirsutism, and clinodactyly of little fingers.