glabrous

[ gley-bruhs ]

adjective

, Zoology, Botany.

1. having a surface devoid of hair or pubescence.

glabrous

/ ˈɡleɪbreɪt; -brɪt; ˈɡleɪbrəs /

adjective

1. biology without hair or a similar growth; smooth

   a glabrous stem

Derived Forms

• ˈglabrousness, noun

Other Words From

• sub·glabrous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of glabrous¹

1630–40; < Latin glabr- (stem of glaber ) smooth, hairless + -ous

Word History and Origins

Origin of glabrous¹

C17 glabrous, from Latin glaber

Example Sentences

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

Stigma terminal, broad and depressed.—Low glabrous perennial; leaves all radical, compound.

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

Related Words

• bare
• hairless
• naked