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Hair

"Hair" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A filament-like structure consisting of a shaft which projects to the surface of the SKIN from a root which is softer than the shaft and lodges in the cavity of a HAIR FOLLICLE. It is found on most surfaces of the body.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Hair" by people in this website by year, and whether "Hair" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 37 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2009 and 2010 and 2011
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