Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hair follicle test

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.80 in modern English

Syllables: hair -fol-li-cle test
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A laboratory analysis that screens a small sample of hair cut close to the scalp to detect the presence of drugs or their metabolites incorporated into the hair cells over time.

Inflected Forms

hair follicle tests (plural)

Synonyms

hair drug test

Questions

What does hair follicle test mean?: A laboratory analysis that screens a small sample of hair cut close to the scalp to detect the presence of drugs or their metabolites incorporated into the hair cells over time.

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