Anagen (growth phase): Most hair is growing at any given time. Each hair spends several years in this phase. Catagen (transitional phase): Over a few weeks, hair growth slows and the hair follicle shrinks. Telogen (resting phase): Over months, hair growth stops and the old hair detaches from the hair follicle.
Definition of phylactic - A medicinal substance or remedy that protects from disease, toxicity, or infection. Definition of phylactic - A medicinal substance or remedy that protects from disease, toxicity, or infection.
n. pl. phyÂ·la (-lÉ). 1. Biology A taxonomic category of organisms ranking below a kingdom and above a class. In the classification of plants, division often replaces phylum. 2. Linguistics A large division of possibly genetically related families of languages or linguistic stocks.