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ǁ Lanugo. World English Historical Dictionary

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ǁ Lanugo. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1903, rev. 2024. ǁ Lanugo scientific. [L. f. lāna wool.] Fine soft hair or down, or a surface resembling this; spec. that covering the human fœtus.

1 1677.  Phil. Trans., XII. 904. The lanugo seen upon a Peach, Quince, or the like.

2 1766.  Misc. Ess., in Ann. Reg., 192/1. A Monchinel-apple falling into the sea and lying in the water will contract a lanugo of salt-petre.

3 1871.  Darwin, Desc. Man, I. i. 25. The fine wool-like hair, or so-called lanugo, with which the human fœtus during the sixth month is thickly covered, offers a more curious case.

4 1876.  Duhring, Dis. Skin, 33. Very fine, soft hair, called lanugo, found upon the face, trunk, and other regions.

5   attrib. and Comb.  1891.  W. A. Jamieson, Dis. Skin, i. (ed. 3), 4. The small lanugo hairs seem as if dependents of the sebaceous glands.

6 1897.  Allbutt’s Syst. Med., III. 686. A tuft of delicate lanugo-like hairs.

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