Meaning of "pilosity" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF PILOSITY

pilosity  [paɪˈlɒsɪtɪ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PILOSITY

Pilosity is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PILOSITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Androgenic hair

Androgenic hair, colloquially body hair, is the terminal hair that develops on the human body during and after puberty. It is differentiated from the head hair and less visible vellus hair, which are much finer and lighter in color. The growth of androgenic hair is related to the level of androgens in the individual. Due to a normally higher level of androgen, men tend to have more androgenic hair than women. From childhood onward, regardless of biological sex, vellus hair covers almost the entire area of the human body. Exceptions include the lips, the backs of the ears, the palms of hands, the soles of the feet, certain external genital areas, the navel and scar tissue. The density of hair – the number of hair follicles per area of skin – varies from person to person. In many cases, areas on the human body that contain vellus hair will begin to produce darker, thicker body hair. An example of this is the growth of an adolescent's beard on a once smooth chin. Androgenic hair follows the same growth pattern as the hair that grows on the scalp, only the anagen phase is shorter, and the telogen phase is longer.

Definition of pilosity in the English dictionary

The definition of pilosity in the dictionary is the condition of being covered with fine soft hairs.

TRANSLATION OF PILOSITY

Find out the translation of pilosity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of pilosity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pilosity» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 多毛
• Translator English - Spanish: pilosidad
• English: pilosity
• Translator English - Hindi: pilosity
• Translator English - Arabic: كثافة الشعر
• Translator English - Russian: волосистые
• Translator English - Portuguese: pilosidade
• Translator English - Bengali: pilosity
• Translator English - French: pilosité
• Translator English - Malay: Kekosongan jasmani
• Translator English - German: Behaarung
• Translator English - Japanese: pilosity
• Translator English - Korean: pilosity
• Translator English - Javanese: Jempol
• Translator English - Vietnamese: pilosity
• Translator English - Tamil: pilosity
• Translator English - Marathi: साहसीपणा
• Translator English - Turkish: pilosity
• Translator English - Italian: pelosità
• Translator English - Polish: włochatość
• Translator English - Ukrainian: волосисті
• Translator English - Romanian: pilozitate
• Translator English - Greek: χνούδι
• Translator English - Afrikaans: pilosity
• Translator English - Swedish: hårighet
• Translator English - Norwegian: pilosity

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PILOSITY»

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Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille ...

Matthew J. Yoder, Alejandro A. Valerio, Andrew Polaszek, Simon van Noort, Lubomír Masner, Norman F. Johnson. 10 5 Anteclypeus medially broadly lobed ( Fig. 351), without sculpture (pilosity throughout often slightly wavy) .

Matthew J. Yoder, Alejandro A. Valerio, Andrew Polaszek, 2014

The Ants of Fiji

Camponotus laminatus is a close relative of C. levuanus, but can be distinguished from the latter by the presence of erect hair on the pronotum, the dense light-colored pilosity of the gaster in combination with the petiolar node shape. Whereas ...

Eli M. Sarnat, Evan P. Economo, 2012

Advances in the systematics of Hymenoptera.: Festschrift in ...

Pilosity throughout body ofmoderate length to elongate, often semi-erect to erect, in most with apices slightly curved, color typically lighter (white to light yellow) on lateral surfaces and on lateral T1—T2 and light golden brown on dorsal ...

Norman F. Johnson, 2009

Molecular Phylogenetics and Taxonomic Revision of Ponerine ...

The most common type of sculpturing in ponerines is dense to sparse punctations associated with standing pilosity or pubescence. Some taxa have a more or less smooth and glassy cuticle, with little to no pilosity or pubescence. A few groups ...

Chris A. Schmidt, 2009

Revision of the Middle American Clade of the Ant Genus ...

scattered piligerous punctae; most of body dorsum with short to moderately long standing pilosity; scape with suberect to decumbent setae; gastral pilosity variable, usually short, relatively dense, and uniformly suberect to subdecumbent , but ...

Michael G. Branstetter, 2013

Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Hemiptera - ...

The pilosity of the ventral side of the abdomen reaches the genital operculum and covers the entire connexivum (Fig. 6.523). ... The pilosity on the ventral side does not reach the genital operculum, or, if it does, it does not completely cover the ...

Charles W. Heckman, 2011

Biology, Ecology and Systematics of Australian Scelio: Wasp ...

with very coarse long blunt-tipped white opaque pilosity, becoming finer and tan coloured on medial vertex; occiput finely punctate to strigose; posterior vertex rugose-reticulate; medial vertex rugose-reticulate; dorsal frons rugose-reticulate ...

Paul Dangerfield, Andrew Austin, Graeme Baker, 2001

The Entomological Magazine

Black : head posteriorly is slightly tinged with fusco-cinereous ; scutum of the prothorax, anterior portion of the scutum, and the pleura of the mesothorax with a fusco-cinereous pilosity : on the sides of the metapodeon and octoon are cinereous ...

Edward Newman, 1835

The entomological magazine

Black : head posteriorly is slightly tinged with fusco-cinereous ; scutum of the prothorax, anterior portion of the scutum, and the pleura of the mesothorax with a fusco-cinereous pilosity : on the sides of the metapodeon and octoon are cinereous ...

‎1834

Neotropical Simuliidae (Diptera: Insecta)

Simulium limbatum 7(1) Scutum without 1+1 silvery submedian longitudinal stripes; pilosity very abundant with silky appearance. ... 72 J, K); pilosity scarce, without silky appearance; male gonostylus subtriangular with longitudinal carina (Figs.

Sixto Coscarón, Cecilia L. Coscarón Arias, 2007

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PILOSITY»

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REVIEW: Dastardly Hook brings tears of laughter

... be replaced at the eleventh hour by the middle-aged assistant director, is more similar in build and pilosity to Santa Claus than a five-year-old ... «Swindon Advertiser, Jun 15»

Pubic Hair Painting Censored in London

The model, who, according the publication, leads "erotic workshops," wanted to own her pilosity, a mark of femininity too often vilified. It was too ... «artnet News, Jul 14»

Outstanding new bee field guide published

... pollen transport, tongue length, pilosity, stingers. Pilosity? What's that you ask? It means the density and pattern of hair on their bodies. «Western Farm Press, Jun 13»

Woman Grows Beard for Cancer Awareness, Improved Self-Esteem

... she came up with the idea to turn her condition, which is incurable and means she will always struggle with her weight and excessive pilosity. «Softpedia, Nov 12»

Spelling Bee words: Could you spell them?

pilosity — incorrectly spelled pilocity. kaiserdom — incorrectly spelled keizerdom. dossier — incorrectly spelled dociere. fuchsias — incorrectly ... «Washington Post, May 12»

Windsor's Canspeller Zhongtian Wang goes onto final round

Wang breezed past such words as 'pollyanna' — but had a suspenseful moment when she was confronted with 'pilosity.' After asking for the ... «Windsor Star, Mar 12»