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folliculitis

folliculitis noun: inflammation of one or more hair follicles.

Noun

folliculitis (countable and uncountable, plural folliculitides)

  1. Inflammation of one or more hair follicles.

Forms of folliculitis

pluralfolliculitides

Words formed from folliculitis

Questions about folliculitis

What does folliculitis mean?
Folliculitis means inflammation of one or more hair follicles.
What part of speech is folliculitis?
Folliculitis is a noun.
What is the plural of folliculitis?
The plural of folliculitis is folliculitides.

Words near folliculitis in the dictionary

  1. folliculin
  2. folliculinid
  3. folliculinids
  4. folliculitic
  5. folliculitides
  6. folliculitis
  7. folliculitis barbae traumatica
  8. folliculo-
  9. folliculocentric
  10. folliculodystrophy
  11. folliculogenesis

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