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acrotrichial

acrotrichial adjective: relating to the acrotrichium.

Adjective

acrotrichial (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the acrotrichium
    • The process of psoriasis in the scalp induces expression of keratin 16 in the interfollicular epidermis and acrotrichial epithelium, but it does not further induce keratin 16 expression in follicular keratinocytes that constitutively express this keratin.2016 February 6, “Molecular and Cellular Profiling of Scalp Psoriasis Reveals Differences and Similarities Compared to Skin Psoriasis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of acrotrichial

From acrotrichium + -al.

Questions about acrotrichial

What does acrotrichial mean?
Acrotrichial means relating to the acrotrichium.
What part of speech is acrotrichial?
Acrotrichial is an adjective.

Words near acrotrichial in the dictionary

  1. acrotism
  2. acrotomophile
  3. acrotomophilia
  4. acrotomophilic
  5. acrotonous
  6. acrotrichial
  7. acrotrichium
  8. acrotrophic
  9. acrotrophodynia
  10. acrow
  11. acrow prop

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