A lesser degree of hair pigmentation than would otherwise be expected. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1773-4011 ]
Synonyms: Sandy hair colour Fair hair color Flaxen hair color Straw coloured hair Light coloured hair Fair hair colour Light colored hair Fair hair Sandy hair color Blond hair Straw colored hair Flaxen hair colour Towhead (hair color)
Term information
- UMLS:C1849221
- SNOMEDCT_US:297995004
- UMLS:C0239801
For instance, in Angelman syndrome, reduced expression of the gene OCA2 is associated with light-colored hair and fair skin, such that affected children often have noticeably fairer hair than their unaffected relatives.
Term relations
- has part some (
high brightness and
characteristic of some strand of hair and
has modifier some abnormal)