Hair

(bar). The hirsute appendage of the skin. Each hair consists of a bulb and a shaft. The former is situated in the true skin, but is enveloped in a sheath of epidermis. H. -blanching. See Canities . H.-bulb, a whitish, soft, bulbous enlargement at the proximal extremity of the root of the hair. H.cap Mo , Robin's Rye; the leaves and stems of Polvtrichum juniperum, a powerful diuretic. Dose of the decoction ad lib.; of the fld. ext. Unof. H.-despoiler, an individual who is afflicted with a form of sexual perversion, in which the feelings are aroused during the act of mutilating or cutting-off the hair of the victim. H. -follicle. See Follicle . H.gland, a minute sebaceous gland of the hair-root. H.-knob, Henle's term for a hollow, bulbous hair root. H. -papilla, the nipple-like proce of the corium from which the hair grows. H. -pigment, the coloring-matter of the hair. H.-pith, the medulla of a hair. H.-root, that portion of a hair contained in the follicle. H. -shaft, the part of a hair above the root. Hairy (har'-e). Covered with hairs consisting of hair. H. Heart. See Tri cho cardia and Cor villosum. H.Tongue. See Xigritics.