PILAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pilar mean? 

• PILAR (adjective)
  The adjective PILAR has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to a hair

  Familiarity information: PILAR used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PILAR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to a hair

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

pilus (any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal)

Derivation:

pilus (any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal)

 Context examples 

A benign mesenchymal neoplasm arising from the pilar sheath of the hair follicle.

(Benign Pilar-Associated Mesenchyme Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A mesenchymal neoplasm arising from the pilar sheath of the hair follicle.

(Pilar-Associated Mesenchyme Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include fibrofolliculoma, perifollicular fibroma, pilar leiomyoma, and trichogenic myxoma.

(Benign Pilar-Associated Mesenchyme Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)