acrotrichial

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

acrotrichium +‎ -al

Adjective[edit]

acrotrichial (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the acrotrichium
    • 2016 February 6, “Molecular and Cellular Profiling of Scalp Psoriasis Reveals Differences and Similarities Compared to Skin Psoriasis”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      The process of psoriasis in the scalp induces expression of keratin 16 in the interfollicular epidermis and acrotrichial epithelium, but it does not further induce keratin 16 expression in follicular keratinocytes that constitutively express this keratin.