See Also: vortices pilorum(medicine)
vortices(medicine)
arrectores pilorum(medicine)
cruces pilorum(medicine)
flumina pilorum(medicine)
scissura pilorum(medicine)
Arrectores pilorum(health)
atrophia pilorum propria(medicine)
musculi arrectores pilorum(medicine)

whooper (iou) and vortices pilorum (medicine)


whooper (iou)



whooper noun. . M16.
[from WHOOP verb + -ER1.]
A person who or animal that whoops; spec. (a) = whooper swan below; (b) N. Amer. = whooping crane s.v. WHOOPING ppl adjective.
Comb.: whooper swan a large swan, Cygnus cygnus, which has a yellow and black bill and breeds in northern Eurasia and Greenland.

vortices pilorum (medicine)


vortices pilorum -->
hair whorls


A spiral arrangement of the hairs, as at the crown of the head.

Synonym: vortices pilorum.