(n.) The expanded upper portion of many of the fungi. See Mushroom.
(n.) The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to the nape.
Example Sentences:
(1) The main accumulation of mannitol was in the pileus and stipe of the sporophore and was accompanied by a decrease in the soluble protein content of these tissues.
(2) The metacercariae did not grow in the above mentioned hosts at 12 degrees C, but 590 microns long metacercariae developed within 22 days in laboratory-reared A. tonsa at 18 degrees C. The ctenophore Pleurobrachia pileus and the holoplanktonic polychaete Tomopteris helgolandica, which were found to be naturally infected with metacercariae of L. excisum, may act as transport hosts.
(3) Symptoms consist of reddening, swelling, and itching, at the sites of contact with pileus cuticle mucilage of all five species.
(4) Pore layer tissues (tested for S. americanus and S. luteus) also produced strong reactions, as did pileus trama (tested for S. luteus).
Pilous
Definition:
(a.) See Pilose.
Example Sentences:
(1) Some intraepithelial fibers have been described at level of sudoriferous and sebaceus glands and sensitive corpuscles in connexion with pilous follicles.
(2) This entity is studied according to the revised bibliography, reaching the conclusion that they are real infundibulo-pilous cysts in plaques, with a very peculiar localisation, which are not red lichen planus.
(3) In 7 cases of isolated breast prococity, 4 cases of isolated pilous precocity, one case of isolated genital hemorrhage and 5 cases of hypopituitarism, E1, E2 and T levels were similar to those of impuberal girls.
(4) A pilonidal disease is an illness which appears in younger population (second and third life's decade), dominantly in male and especially in hairy, pilous persons.