folliculitis

[ fuh-lik-yuh-lahy-tis ]

/ fəˌlɪk yəˈlaɪ tɪs /

noun Pathology.

inflammation of hair follicles.

Nearby words

follicular mucinosis, follicular phase, follicular stigma, folliculate, folliculin, folliculitis, folliculitis barbae, folliculitis decalvans, folliculitis keloidalis, folliculitis ulerythematosa reticulata, folliculoma

Origin of folliculitis

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

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Medicine definitions for folliculitis

folliculitis

[ fə-lĭk′yə-lī′tĭs ]

n.

Inflammation of a follicle, especially of a hair follicle.

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