See Also: Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
F pili(medicine)
pili(dictionary)
I pili(medicine)
sex pili(medicine)
Pili(medicine)
pili, sex(medicine)
bulbus pili(medicine)
Arrector pili(health)
cuticula pili(medicine)

hydrogenase (medicine) and I pili (medicine)


hydrogenase (medicine)


hydrogenase
<enzyme> An enzyme which oxidizes hydrogen (removes its electrons) and attaches it to another molecule.


I pili (medicine)


I pili


See: pilus.

Pili multigemini, the presence of several hairs in a single follicle.

R pili, specialised pili found on bacterial cells, similar to F pili and associated with R plasmids.

Pili torti, a condition in which many hair shafts are twisted on the long axis, congenital or acquired as a result of distortion of the follicles from a scarring inflammatory process, mechanical stress, or cicatrizing alopecia; the hair shafts resemble spangles in reflected light, are brittle, and break at varying lengths with many areas appearing bald with a dark stubble; as a developmental defect it can be manifested in such syndromes as Bjornstad's, Crandall's, and Menkes'.

Synonym: twisted hairs.