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folliculitis

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fol·lic·u·li·tis  (f-lky-lts)
n.
Inflammation of a follicle, especially of a hair follicle.
[Latin folliculus, follicle; see follicle + -itis.]
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Noun1.folliculitis - inflammation of a hair follicle
inflammation, redness, rubor - a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat
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Two controls were excluded from the study; 1 had folliculitis and the other provided insufficient data during the interview.
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Up to 25 percent of dermatology patients have folliculitis, in which the hair follicles on your thighs (and other parts of your bod) get infected and zit-like.
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Carney et al concluded that this inflammatory reaction, which they called palpation thyroiditis and multifocal granulomatous folliculitis, probably had little clinical significance because neither clinical nor biochemical sequelae had been documented.
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