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cuticula pili (medicine)


cuticula pili
A layer of overlapping shingle-like cells that invest the hair cortex and serve to lock the hair shaft in its follicle.

Synonym: cuticle of hair.

Cuticula vaginae folliculi pili, cuticle of overlapping shingle-like cells lining the follicle of the hair.

Synonym: cuticle of root sheath.