pilonidal

Having body hairs which have grown in a concentrated area on the skin and formed a cyst or abscess.

Adjective

  1. Having body hairs which have grown in a concentrated area on the skin and formed a cyst or abscess.

Origin

From Latin pilus (“hair”) and nidus (“nest”).

Related

natal cleft sacrococcygeal fistula

Derived

pilonidal abscess pilonidal cyst pilonidal disease pilonidal sinus

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