hairpluck

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noun

The act of plucking out one or more hairs.

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Meanings

nounhairpluck (plural hairplucks)

plural hairplucks

  1. medicineThe act of plucking out one or more hairs.

    Another source of easily accessible material are follicles from hairplucks.

    2015 June 19, Anna M. Drozd et al., “Generation of human iPSCs from cells of fibroblastic and epithelial origin by means of the oriP/EBNA-1 episomal reprogramming system”, in Stem Cell Research & Therapy, volume 6, →DOI

Origin

From hair + pluck.

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APA

hairpluck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hairpluck

MLA

“hairpluck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hairpluck. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hairpluck,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hairpluck.

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