perifolliculitis

perifolliculitis
The presence of an inflammatory infiltrate surrounding hair follicles; frequently occurs in conjunction with folliculitis.
- p. abscedens et suffodiens a chronic dissecting folliculitis of the scalp. SYN: dissecting cellulitis.

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peri·fol·lic·u·li·tis -.lik-yə-'līt-əs n inflammation of the tissues surrounding the hair follicles

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peri·fol·lic·u·li·tis (per″e-fə-lik″u-liґtis) inflammation around the hair follicles.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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