See Also: vellus hair(medicine)
Hair analysis (hair element analysis, hair mineral analysis, hair-shaft analysis)(health)
vellus(medicine)
hair(dictionary)
hair(1)(dictionary)
hair(2)(dictionary)
hair(encyclopedia)
bad hair day(dictionary)
Hair(medicine)
hair's breadth(dictionary)

hair-splitting (oh) and vellus (medicine)


hair-splitting (oh)



n [U]
when people pay too much attention to small differences and unimportant details, especially in an argument
-see also split hairs at split 1 (8)

vellus (medicine)


vellus


1. Fine nonpigmented hair covering most of the body.

2. A structure that is fleecy or soft and woolly in appearance.

Origin: L. Fleece

Vellus olivae inferioris, a stratum of nerve fibres surrounding the inferior olive.