Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The growth phase in the hair growth cycle during which a newly formed hair continues to grow. It is generally the longest phase and is followed by catagen.
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- noun The production of new
hair fromstem cells
Etymologies
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Examples
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Hair has a growth phase call anagen and a resting or dormant phase called telogen.
Hair loss and Kimkins | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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There is a growing cycle (called the anagen phase), when the follicle is actively growing a hair, and a resting cycle (called the telogen phase), when the produced hair is retained within the follicle during the cycle, but is actually a dead hair and will subsequently be lost or shed.
TheHorse.com News 2009
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All hair has a growth phase, termed anagen, and a resting phase, telogen.
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The normal growth cycle has three phases: the anagen or actual growing phase during which a hair strand grows about a centimeter less than a half an inch per month for approximately three or more years, followed by the catagen phase in which the growth of the hair stops.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2010
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Chemotherapy drugs can also cause hair loss anagen effluvium because the chemicals literally poison hair follicles.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2010
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This is due to a sudden shift of growing hairs from the anagen to the telogen stage, resulting in hair loss beginning about three months after a major illness, stress, delivery of a baby, a crash diet, thyroid disease or use of a new medication such as birth control pills.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2010
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This is due to a sudden shift of growing hairs from the anagen to the telogen stage, resulting in hair loss beginning about three months after a major illness, stress, delivery of a baby, a crash diet, thyroid disease or use of a new medication such as birth control pills.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2010
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The normal growth cycle has three phases: the anagen or actual growing phase during which a hair strand grows about a centimeter less than a half an inch per month for approximately three or more years, followed by the catagen phase in which the growth of the hair stops.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2010
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Chemotherapy drugs can also cause hair loss anagen effluvium because the chemicals literally poison hair follicles.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2010
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Hair growth and shedding happen in three phases—the anagen, or growth phase; the catagen, or transition stage; and the telogen or resting phase.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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