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FOLLICULITIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does folliculitis mean?
• FOLLICULITIS (noun)
The noun FOLLICULITIS has 1 sense:
1. inflammation of a hair follicle
Familiarity information: FOLLICULITIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inflammation of a hair follicle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("folliculitis" is a kind of...):
inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)
Context examples
A deep folliculitis due to a cutaneous dermatophyte infection, usually on the legs.
(Deep Seated Dermatophytosis, NCI Thesaurus)
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