adjective
pilar
adjective
1
Relating to or covered in hair.
"The dermatologist examined a pilar cyst on the patient's scalp."
How to Use Pilar
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA technical, mostly medical term meaning "to do with hair."
When to use it
Almost exclusively used in clinical contexts, e.g. "pilar cyst."
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Etymology
A learned borrowing from Latin pilaris, from pilus, "a hair."