(a) hair that has been plaited; (b) Medicine = plica, n. 1a.

Medicine. Matting of the hair; a mass of matted hair; spec. plica polonica. Cf. plait, n. 2c.

A matted condition of the hair, generally associated with poor hygiene and pediculosis.

= trichiasis, n. 1.

A disease of the hair characterized by excessive dryness.

Pathology. A disease of the hair: = plica, n. 1a.

A disorder described as resulting in the stiffening and erection of hairs.

a condition in which the hair of the body or head is abnormally thick and bristly; cf. hystriciasis, n.

splitting of the hair.

= plica polonica, n.

= plica polonica, n.

Superficial fungal infection of hair resulting in the formation of small nodules on or within the hair shafts.

brittleness of the hair.