vortices pilorum

vortices pilorum
[TA] hair whorls: coiled patterns of hair growth on the body, such as on the crown of the head.

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  • hair whorls — vortices pilorum …   Medical dictionary

  • vortex — 1. SYN: verticil. 2. SYN: whorl (5). 3. SYN: v. lentis. [L. whirlpool, whorl, fr. verto or vorto, to turn around] v. coccygeus a spiral arrangement of coarse hairs sometimes present over the region of the coccyx. SYN …   Medical dictionary

  • whorl — 1. A turn of the spiral cochlea of the ear. 2. SYN: vortex of heart. 3. A turn of a concha nasalis. 4. SYN: verticil. 5. An area of hair growing in a radial manner suggesting whirling or twisting. SYN: vorte …   Medical dictionary

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