Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

folliculitis

[fuh-lik-yuh-lahy-tis]
noun Pathology.
  1. inflammation of hair follicles.
Show More

Origin of folliculitis

1855–60; < Latin follicul(us) (see follicle) + -itis
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
folliculitis in Medicine

folliculitis

(fə-lĭk′yə-lī′tĭs)
n.
  1. Inflammation of a follicle, especially of a hair follicle.
Show More
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.