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folliculitis

[ fuh-lik-yuh-lahy-tis ]

noun

, Pathology.
  1. inflammation of hair follicles.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of folliculitis1

1855–60; < Latin follicul ( us ) ( follicle ) + -itis

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