glabrous
Americanadjective
adjective
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Other Word Forms
- glabrousness noun
- subglabrous adjective
Etymology
Origin of glabrous
1630–40; < Latin glabr- (stem of glaber ) smooth, hairless + -ous
Example Sentences
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Meissner corpuscle These nerve receptors lie just beneath the epidermis of glabrous skin, where they detect movement across the skin and fluttering touch.
From Nature
Try applying the samples on both the glabrous skin of the lips and the hairy skin of the forearm.
From Scientific American
When she meets him, Elsa has the impression "that his body was more like that of a sea lion" – Finn is entirely glabrous.
From The Guardian
Aug., Sept.—Leaves and sheaths very hairy, or nearly glabrous; the former about 1° long, not rigid; panicle 1–2° long, soon diffuse.
From Project Gutenberg
Its presence in the Tongan data does not seem to be representative of other Polynesians, who are generally described as more glabrous.
From Project Gutenberg
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